Baldersby
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11053BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1856-1858?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid), Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Wide Howe Lane, Baldersby, North Yorkshire YO7 4PT
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located SW of Thirsk -- the Church of St James is located halfway between Baldersby and Bainton, in the Harrowgate district
Font Notes:
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Noted in Bulmer's Directory of 1890 as "a very fine piece of work, octagonal in form, and resting on eight columns of polished granite." Pevsner (1985) mentions the inlaid patterns on the font and "a very high cover". [NB: no earlier church known on this site]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, [partly granite]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century - Victorian
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Bulmer, T., History, Topography, and Directory of North Yorkshire, Comprising its Ancient and Modern History; [...], Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. (T. Snape & Co. Printers), 1890
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the North Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985 c1966, p. 70