Wentbridge

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Standing permission
Results: 4 records
BBU01: inscription
view of basin - interior
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 12170WEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Jacksons Lane, Wentbridge, West Yorkshire, WF8 3JH
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located on the A1, 7 km SSE of Pontefract, 17 km from Doncaster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Wakefield
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side, just W of the entrance
Date: ca. 1878?
Century and Period: 19th century (late?), Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of church and font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font probably dating from the date of the church itself, ca. 1878; the design is a throw-back to the type consisting of an outer tetrafoil basin resting on a cluster of four colonnettes. Lead lined round basin well. Wooden cover, flat and round.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: quatrefoil (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil
Drainage Notes: lead lining
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: [cf. Images area]
Inscription Location: carved around the upper basin side
Inscription Text: "SVFFER LITTLE CHILDREN [...] OF HEAVEN"
Inscription Source: [cf. Images area]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]