Baldersby

INFORMATION

FontID: 11053BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Wide Howe Lane, Baldersby, North Yorkshire YO7 4PT
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located SW of Thirsk -- the Church of St James is located halfway between Baldersby and Bainton, in the Harrowgate district
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1856-1858?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid), Victorian
Font Notes:
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