Upper Poppleton
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11192POP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Upper Poppleton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: earlier chapel demolished 1890; re-built (Norman doorway reused from the old church)
Church Address: Green View, The Green, Upper Poppleton, York YO26 6DP, United Kingdom
Site Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A59, about 6 km NW of York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Font Notes:
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Noted in Morris (1932): "Old cup-font -- probably Norm[an]." Ditto Mee (1941)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
REFERENCES
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941, p. 398
- Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932, p. 393