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
Font ID: 12234FAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1846?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James, Fairburn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Silver St, Fairburn, Knottingley WF11 9JA, UK
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1246, W of the A1/M1, N of Knottingley, 20-25 km ESE of Leeds
Font Notes:
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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."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal