Yafforth / Eiford [Domesday] / Jaforbe [Domesday]
Results: 4 records
design element - motifs - geometric
inscription
Scene Description: date and intials
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JThomas, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 26 November 2011 by JThomas [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2711741] [accessed 18 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © wfmillar, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 29 May 2009 by wfmillar [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1344966] [accessed 18 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 11115YAF
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Yafforth, Northallerton DL7 0LS, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B6271, 3 km WNW of Northallerton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Historical Region: Hundred of Land of Count Alan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1663
Century and Period: 17th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are two entries [one multiple-place] for Yafforth [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3494/yafforth/] [accessed 18 November 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for the parish of Danby Wiske in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The church of ALL SAINTS OF YAFFORTH was almost entirely rebuilt in 1870 in 13th-century style [...] Near the porch outside the church is an octagonal font on a long octagonal stem inscribed 'et: st: ml 1663.'" Pevsner (1985): "Font. 1663. Smaller than the group of 1662, but of exactly the same type, i.e., with initials, date amd elementary geometric patterns." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE3443494489] notes; "Church. Virtually rebuilt in 1870 by J P Pritchett with a Norman window on the west side of the tower. [...] octagonal font dated 1663 with initials and geometrical patterns."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.344889,
-1.471572
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 20′ 41.6″ N,
1° 28′ 17.66″ W
UTM: 30U 599354 6022972
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: basin sides
Inscription Text: "et: st: ml 1663"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-11-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the North Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985 c1966