Goathland No. 1 / Goadland

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
INFORMATION
FontID: 12630GOA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Location: Goathland, Whitby YO22 5AN, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located about 15 km SSW of Whitby
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No individual entry found for Goathland in the Domesday survey. Reported in the Goadland or Goathland entry in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848: "the old font, supposed to be of Saxon origin, was lately discovered by Dr. Hibbert Wear in a farmyard, and is now set up in the church of St. Matthew at Grosmont."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.39474,
-0.7265
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 23′ 41.06″ N,
0° 43′ 35.4″ W
UTM: 30U 647601 6029824
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831