Thorpe Arch / Thorparch

INFORMATION

FontID: 11239THO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Country Name: England

Location: North Yorkshire [formerly West Yorkshire], Yorkshire and the Humber

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

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

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.

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

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