Fraisthorpe
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
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view of font and cover - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.coml]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.coml]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
view of font and cover in context - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.coml]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 July 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10068FRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Edmund
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edmund the Martyr [aka Edmund of East Anglia]
Site Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A165, 8 km S of Brdlington, 50 km N of Hull
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: the old basin has been re-mounted on a modern base and plinth
Font Notes:
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Tub-shaped (cylindrical) baptismal font of the Norman period; the otherwise plain basin has a chamfered upper rim, and has been mounted on a modern base and plinth. The wooden cover is plain and modern. [We are grateful to Colin Hinson for the photographs of this font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson for the photographs of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: unlined well
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain, modern