Preston-under-Scar / Prestun / Prestvn
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2008 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2008 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2008 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of church interior - nave - looking northeast
Scene Description: the miniature font on its pedestal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2008 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2008 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13534PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Preston-under-Scar, North Yorkshire, DL8 4AJ
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) of the A684, 2 km NW of Wensley, 3 km W of Leyburn, 8 km NW of Middleham, W of Layburn, 20-25 km SW of Richmond
Historical Region: Hundred of Land of Count Alan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, NE corner, just in front of the pulpit
Date: ca. 1862?
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Preston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE0691/preston-under-scar/] [accessed 19 July 2014], but it mentions neither church nor cleric in it. One of several miniature or replica fonts, less than a foot in height. These fonts resemble the full-size ones in shape and ornamentation, and appear to be -and have been- used as portable fonts. This particular one consists of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with symbols (cross, star, etc.); the underbowl chamfer is slightly concave and plain, as is the octagonal base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.315352, -1.892365
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 18′ 55.27″ N, 1° 53′ 32.51″ W
UTM: 30U 572054 6019175
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Notes on Measurements: [about a foot in height]