Newton Kyme / Neuton
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 December 2013 by Mtaylor848 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Andrew's_Church,_Newton_Kyme,_North_Yorkshire_(22nd_December_2013)_009.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2019]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: old basin, modern base and cover -- the cement repairs to the old basin are clearly visible
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2014 by Rita Wood, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/2106/] [accessed 13 August 2019]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: old basin, modern base and cover -- the cement repairs to the old basin are clearly visible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2014 by Rita Wood, in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/2106/] [accessed 13 August 2019]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 11189NEW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Newton Kyme, Tadcaster LS24 9LR, UK -- Tel.: +44 937 834016
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A659, 2-3 km NW of Tadcaster, about 20 km from York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Barkston -- formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the tower arch [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century [modern base] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
There are three entries for Newton [Kyme] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE4644/newton-kyme/] [accessed 13 August 2019] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Morris (1932) writes: "Plain, circular, Norm[an] font." Ditto Mee (1941). The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2019) notes: "A plain cylindrical font is in the space between the W respond and the entrance to the tower. It is coarsely tooled, patched with cement where the fastening was and at the bottom; there are traces of white and red colouring. It is mounted on a later plinth. Basin flat, with inner corners rounded." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4657944881] notes: "Church. C12, C13, C14 with later additions. [...] C12 cylindrical font with C19 cover and base." The entry for this church in the web site of the Tadcaster Benefice [www.stmarystadcaster.co.uk/a-tour-of-st-andrews-newton-kyme.html] [accessed 13 August 2019] notes: "The 12th century font was moved to its present position in 1894."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.8986,
-1.292
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 53′ 54.96″ N,
1° 17′ 31.2″ W
UTM: 30U 612225 5973592
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 8.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm*
Basin Depth: 25.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI (2019)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material:
wood,
oak?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
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: 2019-08-13 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
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
