Fordon / Fordun
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
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view of font - northwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
view of font in context - northwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of basin's top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross, in Britain Express [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4625] [accessed 17 November 2015]
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view of church interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: at the bottom of the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10067FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century? [base only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the S wall, just E of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Fordon Lane, Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire YO25 3HT
Site Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just NNE of Wold Newton, about 12 km SW of Filey, 30 km S of Scarborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Torbar [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: composite font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Fordon [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TA0475/fordon/] [accessed 17 November 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. This baptismal font shows two very distinct parts: 1)a medieval [12thC?] base consisting of a round-to-square lower base decorated with foliage motif, and a matching plain cylindrical stem, and 2)a roughly hemispherical basin, totally plain, a 19th-century replacement. No font cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of this church and font; we are also grateful to David Ross, of www.britainexpress.com, for his photograph of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 670141 6004601
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.161258, -0.394028
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 9′ 40.53″ N, 0° 23′ 38.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round