Walton nr. Wetherby and Thorp Arch / Waletone / Walton-in-Ainsty

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11210WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Main St, Walton, Wetherby LS23 7DJ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located 1 km from Thorp Arch [aka Thorpe Arch, Thorparch], about 5 km E of Wetherby, in The Ainsty
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Historical Region: Hundred of Ainsty -- formerly WRYrks
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Walton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE4447/walton/] [accessed 19 October 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Morris (1908) writes: "(?) Dec[orated] font." Mee (1941) has "a medieval font". Ryder (1993) "a late medieval font" in this church. Not mentioned in Glynne (in Butler, 2007). The entry for this church in Historic England notes: "Church. C12 origin; mostly mid C14; restored 1890-91 by W. M. Fawcett. [...] Small, moulded octagonal stone font, C14."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.92463, -1.32978
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 55′ 28.67″ N, 1° 19′ 47.21″ W
UTM: 30U 609675 5976428

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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