Rievaulx
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 August 2005)
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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 13 August 2005)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10992RIE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off the B1257, near Helmsley and the A170, 25 km E of Thirsk
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The font at Rievaulx St Mary's is a modern one; it consists of a plain cylindrical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base; the lower base is moulded; flat wooden cover, moder; round plinth with square 'priest's stone' extension. [We have no information on the earlier font[s] from this 13th-century church].
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no