Kirkstall

INFORMATION

FontID: 11218KIR
Church/Chapel: Abbey Church? / Parish Church of St. Stephen?
Church Location: Morris Ln, Kirkstall, Leeds LS5 3HF, UK -- Tel.: +44 7375 125348
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the A65-B6157 crossroads, W of Headingley, 5 km NW of Leeds city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman
Church Notes: present church 1828-1829
No individual entry found for Kirkstall in the Domesday survey. The entry for Kirkstall Abbey in the Victoiria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) gives the foundation of the Cistercian monastery here and notes: "The monastery was surrendered by John Ripley, abbot, and the convent on 22 November 1540." In his description of the 19th-century church Mee (1941) notes: "In the baptistry, panelled with linenfold and enclosed by screenwork, is an oak font set on a marble base." [NB: we have no information on whether or not the font of the old abbey church -from ca. 1150- survived after Dissolution] -- [not known where the wooden font was originally from]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.818, -1.5984
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 49′ 4.8″ N, 1° 35′ 54.24″ W
UTM: 30U 592272 5964184

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood and stone, oak (basin) and marble (base)
Number of Pieces: two?

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-09-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941