Thorp Arch / Thorparch
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11239THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Thorp Arch
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Church Causeway, Thorp Arch, Wetherby LS23 7AH, United Kingdom
Site Location: North Yorkshire [formerly West Yorkshire], Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Thorpe Arch [Thorparch] is located about 5 km S of Wetherby, in The Ainsty
Historical Region: formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Additional Comments: abandoned font / disused font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Reported in Bulmer's Directory of North Yorkshire (1890): "In the churchyard is [...] the remains of an antique font" [source: Transcription by Colin Hinson © 1999 in [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ARY/Thorparch/Thorparch90.html]. Mee (1941) notes a "Norman font" in the churchyard. [NB: the entry for this church in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=10132] [accessed 21 June 2025] does not mention any font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Bulmer, T., History, Topography, and Directory of North Yorkshire, Comprising its Ancient and Modern History; [...], Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. (T. Snape & Co. Printers), 1890, [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ARY/Thorparch/Thorparch90.html]
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941, p. 389