Leeds No. 5
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11219LEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid, Leeds
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Children's Chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]
Church Address: Chatsworth Rd, Harehills, Leeds LS8 3RS, United Kingdom
Site Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Selby Rd., in the city of Leeds
Font Notes:
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Mee (1941) notes: "The old font in the Children's Chapel has a silver lining with a deep border of roses, and its silver cover is also enriched with roses." [NB: the church was built in 1939 on a design by Randall Wells, with some of the furnishings by Eric Gill]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Drainage Notes: silver lining [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, silver
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941, p. 239