Lealholm

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Standing permission
Results: 4 records
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 12954LEA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Eller Gates, Lealholm, North Yorkshire,
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (S) of the A171, 15 km WSW of Whitby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 19th - 20th century (?), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of church and font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font cosnisting of a plain bucket-shaped basin raised on a broad central shaft and four outer colonnettes, a round loward base and a polygonal plinth with kneeling stone; all parts of the font are plain and the font is modern. Wooden font cover, round and flat; appears modern. [NB: we have no information of an earlier church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 640982 6036761
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]