Whixley
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Image and permission received (e-mail of 26 May 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
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Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 26 May 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 26 May 2004)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 26 May 2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 09831WHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Ascension
Church Patron Saints: The Ascension of Christ
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire [formerly West Yorkshire], Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off the A6265, just NE of the A1-A59 junction, 2-3 km N of Cattal, about 15 km E of Harrogate, 30 km NNE of Leeds
Historical Region: formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner, just left of the entrance
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Glynne's 23 October 1867 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font is large; the bowl octagonal and plain, rised on steps." Noted in Morris (1932): "Plain, octagonal font, probably contemporary with the body of the church" [i.e. Decorated period, 1250-1350]. Mee (1941) writes: "The massive font is over 600 years old." Baptismal font of rather crude manufacture; it appears monolithic, octagonal in shape with vertical sides; the chamfer is tall and tapers in such a way that it serves practically as base; the whole is raised on a two-step octagonal plinth. It is totally plain and looks like it has had a rough life with obvious damage to the upper rim, some of it repaired.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007
Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941
Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932