South Kilvington No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11249KIL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid
Font Location in Church: Inside the S door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]
Church Address: Stockton Rd, South Kilvington, Thirsk YO7 2NN, UK
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A61, W of the A19, 2 km N of Thirsk town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Wapentake of Birdforth
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne's 18 August 1868 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "octagonal stoup near the shouth door". And in Morris (1931): "Huge stoup inside S. door." [cf. Index entry for South Kilvington No. 1 for a heraldic baptismal font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 607640 6012593
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.24996, -1.3479
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 14′ 59.86″ N, 1° 20′ 52.44″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007, p. 387
- Morris, Joseph Ernest, The North Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1931, p. 211