Fewston / Fostune
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11172FEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and St. Lawrence, Fewston
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & St. Lawrence
Previous Font Location(s): originally from an earlier church
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified since
Church Address: Fewston, Harrogate HG3 1SU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1943 880794
Site Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km S of Darley, 11-12 km N of Otley, 50 km from York
Historical Region: Hundred of Burghshire [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
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There is a multiple place entry that includes Fewston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE1954/fewston/] [accessed 20 June 2025]; there is mention of priest or church in it. Morris (1932) notes: "The font is the relic from an earlier church." Pevsner (1986 c1967) mentions only a Jacobean font cover. [NB: a church is recorded in this site since Norman times]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 584958 5982367
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.98264, -1.70442
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 58′ 57.5″ N, 1° 42′ 15.91″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century? / Jacobean
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932, p. 189
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the West Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1986 c1967, p. 200