Whitby No. 3 / Witebi

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11113WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [originally from elsewhere]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Ln, Whitby YO22 4DR, UK -- Tel.: +44 947 606578
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A171 (N), on the E bank of the Esk river, 32 km NW of Scarborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Langbaurgh
Additional Comments: recycled font / abandoned font: no longer in use
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Whitby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ9011/whitby/] [accessed 20 January 2020] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The second of two fonts "both disused , found near Newbiggin Hall, between Grosmont and Aislaby. Both are Perp[endicular], octagonal, and simply decorated." [cf. Index entry for Whitby No. 2 for the first such font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 654813 6040555
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.48896, -0.60991
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 29′ 20.26″ N, 0° 36′ 35.68″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the North Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985 c1966, p. 395