Gisburn / Gisburne

INFORMATION

FontID: 11175GIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located near Settle, in lower Ribblesdale
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne's 1 May 1860 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font [is] small and poor." The Gisburn Parish & Village web site [www.gisburn.org.uk] informs that "the font is modern 1875, with octagonal bowl, stem, base, and plinth. No trace of the original has been found." This sam source reproduces a quote from 'A history of the village and church of Gisburn' (4th edition, 1978) which reads: "The font is poor and small", that must obviously refer to an earlier font in this church. [NB: the church building goes back to Norman times, but we have no information of the earlier font(s)]

REFERENCES

Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007