Ellerburn / Alrebrune / Ellerton / Elrebrune / Elreburne

INFORMATION

FontID: 11065ELL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Hilda
Church Patron Saints: St. Hilda [aka Hild, Hilde]
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NE of Pickering
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church ca. 1868
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
Whellan (1859) notes that the foundations of St. Hilda's are Anglo-Saxon ''but it has been repaired in different styles. It was thoroughly renovated in 1800. The font is old and plain''. The National Gazetteer of 1868 records that the church of St. Hilda "contains an ancient font." The Victoria County History (North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) remarks that ''The fabric of the church is apparently of early Norman date, but the unusual height of the nave walls may be indicative of a pre-Conquest origin'' and notes that the font ''is a rough circular bowl, probably of the 12th century, on a modern base.'' There is no mention of a font in Pevsner (1966), but Morris (1931) notes a "rude circular font" in this church. [NB: the church dates from ca. 1050, but it appears to have replaced an even earlier (wooden?) structure]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-07-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Morris, Joseph Ernest, The North Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1931
Whellan & Co., T., History and topography of the city of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire, embracing a […], Beverley: printed for the publishers by John Green, Market Place, 1859