Leeds No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 11015LEE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Aidan
Church Patron Saints: St. Aidan [aka Aedan]
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located in Roundhay Rd., Harehills, in the city of Leeds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ripon & Leeds
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Mee (1941) writes: "At the west end is a lofty stone dais with the biggest font we have seen in Yorkshire, its huge bowl, weighing a ton and a half, supported on 16 green marble shafts. The cover is of ironwork wrought in roses and scrolls, and the walls of the baptistry are finely panelled." Noted in Betjeman (1958) as an "outstanding font". The modern font is by Robert James Johnson.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.8126, -1.5209
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 48′ 45.36″ N, 1° 31′ 14.52″ W
UTM: 30U 597399 5963687

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Notes on Measurements: The bowl weighs 1 1/2 tons [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, iron?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Betjeman, John, An American's Guide to English Parish Churches (including the Isle of Man), New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958
Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941