Great Houghton nr. Barnsley / Haltun

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Standing permission
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view of basin - interior
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 12211HOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Church St, Great Houghton, Barnsley S72 0BL, UK -- Tel.: +44 1226 752236
Country Name: England
Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B6273, N of the A635, 10-15 km E of Barnsley, near the county border with WYrks.
Historical Region: Hundred of Strafforth -- formerly WRYrks
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval? / Modern?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for [Great] Houghton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE4306/great-houghton/] [accessed 8 November 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it.
[NB: there is something odd about the baptismal font at Gt. Houghton: it is a very narrow font consisting of an octagonal basin with a tall concave chamfer raised on an octagonal pillar, both totally plain but for a round moulding at the connecting point between the basin and stem; the font has a look of a re-cut, rather than a new one; one would have to look at the inner well of the basin -now covered by a new lead lining- to discern any possible patterns of old carving or adze work, as well as drain hole, but there are a couple of spots on the upper basin side that look like old damage that even the re-cutting could not hide. Possibly a re-cycled font from the original ca. 1580 church here?]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.554, -1.351
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 33′ 14.4″ N, 1° 21′ 3.6″ W
UTM: 30U 609239 5935166
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining