Darrington / Darnintone

Results: 3 records

symbol - cross

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior - south portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Alexander P Kapp [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Luke,_Darrington_(28129898364).jpg] [accessed 25 October 218]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southwest end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Green, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2016 by Tim Green [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Luke,_Darrington_(28129898364).jpg] [accessed 25 October 2018]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 11167DAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Luke and All Saints
Church Patron Saints: St. Luke & All Saints
Church Location: Church Lane, Darrington, Pontefract WF8 3BJ, UK -- Tel.: (01977) 704744
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1, 5 km SSE of Pontefract and Ferrybridge, 20 km SSE of Leefds, 40 km SSW of York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Historical Region: Hundred of Osgodcross -- formerly WRYrks
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
There is an entry for Darrington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE4820/darrington/] [accessed 25 October 2018]; it reports a priest and a church in it. Morris (1932) writes: "Octagonal font -- Dec[orated] or Perp[pendicular]. Notice the cross cut on the E. side of the top of the pedestal." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4850320181] notes: "Parish church. Norman tower, C13 aisles and chancel (altered in C14 and C15), with C14 north chapel (probably a rebuilding at that time); restored in 1880 by A. W. Blomfield"; it mentions no font in it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.67553, -1.2677
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 40′ 31.91″ N, 1° 16′ 3.72″ W
UTM: 30U 614427 5948816

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932