Ledsham / Ledesham
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design element - motifs - piping or ribbed - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lionel and Diana Wall, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph by Lionel & Diana Wall, in Great English Churches [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/ledsham.html] [accessed 30 October 2018]
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view of church exterior - tower - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lionel and Diana Wall, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph by Lionel & Diana Wall, in Great English Churches [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/ledsham.html] [accessed 30 October 2018]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lionel and Diana Wall, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph by Lionel & Diana Wall, in Great English Churches [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/ledsham.html] [accessed 30 October 2018]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lionel and Diana Wall, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph by Lionel & Diana Wall, in Great English Churches [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/ledsham.html] [accessed 30 October 2018]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2018
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by John McEleran, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/2408/] [accessed 30 October 2018]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font, probably for the late-19thC restoration of this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lionel and Diana Wall, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph by Lionel & Diana Wall, in Great English Churches [http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/ledsham.html] [accessed 30 October 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11185LED
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Claypit Ln, Ledsham, Leeds LS25 5LP, UK -- Tel.: +44 1977 553591
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B6137 [aka Claypit Ln / New Rd], 6 km N of Castleford, 8 km N of Pontefract, 18-19 km E of Leeds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Barkston -- formerly WRYrks
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N aisle [formerly outside the church, to the S of the tower]
Century and Period: 11th - 15th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Diana and Lionel Wall for their photographs of this church and font [NB: the site's Guestbook link and that of Lionel's are now broken and emails are returned by mailer [30 October 2018]
Church Notes: Anglo-Saxon church here
There is an entry for Ledsham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE4529/ledsham/] [accessed 30 October 2018] but it mentions neithyer cleric not church in it. Only a new font is mentioned in Glynne's 10 May 1862 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font modern." The font and Norman doorway are noted and illustrated in Bogg (1902). The earlier font is noted in Morris (1932): "Old font outside, to the S. of the tower", and in Mee (1941): "there is an ancient font no longer used." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4565029774] notes: "Church. Saxon and Norman, enlarged in C15, restored 1871 [...] at the west end of the nave a Norman round-headed tower arch, and above this an earlier round-headed window, at the east end a restored Saxon chancel arch, and in both sides at a high level remains of round-headed Saxon windows [...] remains of Anglo-Saxon masonry with interlace and cross"; there is mention of any font in it. The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2018) reports: "This font is now located in the E end of the N aisle, near the font that is used. It is full of odd pieces of stone, and it was not possible to see the inside or to measure the depth. It is not clear if the tub ever had the required locking devices fitted, or if it has been cut back at the top. The plain cylinder has four integral half columns which look as though they separated from the cylinder at the base, perhaps once supported by free-standing columns. The form is reminiscent of the larger font of supposed late 12thc. date in Ripon cathedral."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.76287,
-1.3088
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 45′ 46.33″ N,
1° 18′ 31.68″ W
UTM: 30U 611482 5958466
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round (mounted?)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*
Basin Total Height: 57 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI (2018)
REFERENCES
Bogg, Edmund, The old Kingdom of Elmet: York and the Ainsty district: a descriptive sketch [...], London; Manchester; [etc.]: John Heywood [etc.], 1902
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2018-10-30 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007
Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941
Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932
