Whitby No. 5 / Witebi
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St. Ninian, Baxtergate. This grade II* listed Catholic Church is dated 1776-1778. The brick front is part of the street line in Baxtergate. An unusual example of an C18 church with Gothic detail to windows and a classical doorway, and the front integrated with the street."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Kirby, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2010 by Mike Kirby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1969686] [accessed 3 September 2019]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken April 2007 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken April 2007 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12960WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Ninian (RC)
Church Patron Saints: St. Ninian [aka Nynia]
Church Location: Baxtergate, Whitby, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) Baxtergate, N of the A171, on the W banks of the Esk river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Langbaurgh
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side of the nave
Date: ca. 1914?
Century and Period: 20th century (early), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of this font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a minimalist design based on the Norman table-top type: squar basin with a round inner well, raised on a broad central shaft and four outer colonnettes, all of it on a square lower base, and a square plinth; the font is made of a white stone, but the corner colonnettes are dark marble, in the style of the Victorian re-makes. There is an inscription carved on the south side of the lower base [cf. Inscription field below] that dates the font to 1914.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.486129, -0.614734
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 29′ 10.06″ N, 0° 36′ 53.04″ W
UTM: 30U 654511 6040229
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on the south side of the lower base
Inscription Text: "A.M.D.G. In memory of William Newton / for many years warden of this church. A.D. 1914"
Inscription Source: [cf. Images area]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2020-01-20 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.