Fairburn
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2006 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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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: 12234FAI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located on the A1, N of Knottingley, 20-25 km ESE of Leeds
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end
Date: ca. 1846?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font, probably from the time of the consecration of the church itself (1846) consisting of a hexagonal basin, plain but for a scotia all round the lower basin sides, raised on a hexagonal stem with a moulding ath the lower end as the only decoration. The local web site [http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gedburnell/fairburnstjames.htm] notes: "The font is rather simple, raised on a high plinth [?], is hexagonal and has a huge wooden lid and a pulley attachment with a counter-balancing weight. Unfortunately this is no longer used."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal