Hampsthwaite
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11176HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket, Hampsthwaite
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Church Address: Station Ln, Hampsthwaite, Harrogate HG3 2HB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1423 771935
Site Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of Ripley, 13 km from Ripon
Font Notes:
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There is no mention of a font in Noted in Glynne's 20 April 1864 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007). Noted in Morris (1932): "Old, bowl-shaped, circular font -- probably Norman."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007, p. 201-202
- Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932, p. 241