Wentbridge

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008

Standing permission

Results: 4 records

BBU01: inscription

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin - interior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

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.
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]