Kilnwick Percy

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
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Results: 3 records
view of basin - interior
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 11823KIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B1246, 2 km ENE of Pocklington, about 25 km E of York
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of the replacement font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Although the original fabric of the church is Norman, St. Helen's was "cleverly reconstructed", as Betjeman's 1958 Guide terms it, in 1865 [NB: we have no information on the original font of this church or its whereabouts]; this is the likely date of the 'neo-Perpendicular' font now in use at this church: octagonal basin decorated with a large square quatrefoil window on each panel, raised on an octagonal pedestal decorated with tall trefoil windows and mouldings. [We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.co.uk, for the photographs of the replacement font]