Foston on the Wolds / Fodstone
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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view of basin - interior
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view of church interior - nave - west end - looking north
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12204FOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church in the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Foston, East Riding of Yorkshire YO25 8FJ, UK
Site Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1248, 3 km N of North Frodingham, 9 km ESE of Driffield, 13 km SW of Bridlington
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Torbar
Additional Comments: damaged font (the present font: cover staples removed / the font is covered in green moss) -- disappeared font? (was there an earlier font in the original Domesday-time church here?)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Foston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA1055/foston-on-the-wolds/] [accessed 28 August 2014], and it reports a church in it. A font here is noted in Bulmer's Directory of 1892 simply as "circular and ancient" [source: 1999 transcription by Colin Hinson & Peter Nelson [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Fostononthewolds/Fostononthewolds92.htm] [accessed 21 September 2006]. There is no mention of any font in Pevsner & Neave (1995). English Heritage [Listing NGR: TA1006455819] (1966) reports a "C12 tub font" in this church. The font consists of a plain cylindrical basin raised on a circular brick plinth; the interior of the basin is lead lined. There is damage to the upper rim of the basin, probably where the metal staples of the old cover were located. Plain and flat cover, modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 675509 5985305
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.98621, -0.32308
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 59′ 10.36″ N, 0° 19′ 23.09″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Bulmer, T., History and Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892, [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Fostononthewolds/Fostononthewolds92.htm] [accessed 21 September 2006]