Wressle
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view of basin - interior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12120WRE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John of Beverley
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off the A63, about 6 km WNW of Howden, 11 km E of Selby
Century and Period: , Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with plain rounded sides, raised on a a moulded octagonal pedestal base. It may belong to the rebuilding of this church in 1799, though it looks very modern [NB: the earlier church is said to have been demolished by Cromwell in the mid-17th century -- we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-20th century?
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, with metal finial