Kirkstall

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11218KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Abbey Church? / Parish Church of St. Stephen?
Church Notes: present church 1828-1829
Church Address: Morris Ln, Kirkstall, Leeds LS5 3HF, UK -- Tel.: +44 7375 125348
Site Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-12thC abbey church nearby)
Font Notes:
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

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

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-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941, p. 220