Selby No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11235SEL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Germain the Apostle [Abbey Church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Germain
Church Address: The Crescent, Selby YO8 4PU, UK
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A19-B1223 crossroads, 24 km S of York, 32 km E of Leeds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Barkston -- formerly WRYrks
Font Notes:
No idividual entry for Selby found in the Domesday survey. Noted in Mee (1941) as "an ancient stoup". [cf. Index entry for Selby No. 1 for the Norman font in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 627284 5961271
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.784444, -1.068056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 47′ 4″ N, 1° 4′ 5″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941, p. 333