Wighill / Wicheler

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view of church exterior - southwest view
INFORMATION
FontID: 11212WIG
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Ln, Wighill, Tadcaster LS24 8BG, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire [form. West Yorkshire], Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Tadcaster, about 14 km WSW of York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Ainsty [in Domesday] / formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the N entranceway
Century and Period: 17th century,
Church Notes: for a full study of the Romanesque decoration of this church see the CRSBY entry [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=8208] [accesed 14 September 2022]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Wighill [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE4746/wighill/] [accessed 14 September 2022], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Baptismal font noted in Morris (1932): "Old font". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4735846580] notes: "Church. C12, and C15; with C17 fittings, restored 1912 [...] octagonal font near the north door". [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.9125,
-1.281419
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 54′ 45″ N,
1° 16′ 53.11″ W
UTM: 30U 612883 5975155
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932