Birstall No. 4
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11092BIR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter [earlier St. Peter & St. Paul]
Church Address: Birstall, Batley WF17 9HN, United Kingdom
Site Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A64, S of Potterton, ENE of Leeds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: no longer in use but kept in the church
Font Notes:
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There is no individual entry for this Birstall in the Domesday survey. Cradock (1933) notes: "There are also remains of Holy Water stoups." The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [www.crsbi.ac.uk] notes two stoups next to the old font and gives the measurements [cf. below]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 605794 5965960
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.831389, -1.392472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 49′ 53″ N, 1° 23′ 32.9″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Diameter (includes rim): 38 cm*
Basin Total Height: 35.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [www.crsbi.ac.uk]]
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Cradock, H.C., A History of the ancient Parish of Birstall, Yorkshire, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1933, p. 42