Harpham / Arpen

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12494HAR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John of Beverley

Church Patron Saints: St. John of Beverley

Church Location: Daggett Lane, Crossgates, Harpham, East Yorkshire, YO25 4QT

Country Name: England

Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A614, 11 km WSW of Bridlington

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York

Historical Region: Hundred of Burton

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mary Harris, and to Colin Hinson of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are two entries for Harpham [variant spelling] in the Domesday Survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA0961/harpham/] [accessed 27 July 2014], but neither mentions a church or priest, other than Erwin the priest, who was lord and tenant-in-chief in both 1066 and 1086. Betjeman (1958) notes that this church has a Norman core but was "completely remodelled in the 14th century". The present font is probably of the 19th century, consisting of and octagonal basin with vertical sides raised on an octagonal stem and moulded lower base of the same shape; the upper basin has a running inscription between two mouldings; the main decoration on the basin sides are large quatrefoils inscribed in circles, at least one of which has a blank shiled in it; the stem has round mouldings at either end and, in between, a blank arcade of trefoil-headed arches [NB: we have no information on the earlier fonts of this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.03843, -0.33322

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 2′ 18.35″ N, 0° 19′ 59.59″ W

UTM: 30U 674626 5991088

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: around the upper basin side, just below the upper rim

Inscription Text: "[…] / WASHING OF / REGENERATION / AND RENEWING / […]"