Kirby Sigston / Kirkby Sigston / Kyrkebesiggeston / Siggeston / Sigheston / Sighestun / Sigston Kirby

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Wood, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 October 2014 by Peter Wood [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4209705] [accessed 27 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Buckingham, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2010 by Paul Buckingham [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2028080] [accessed 27 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13587KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Chester Ln, Kirby Sigston, Northallerton DL6 3TE, UK
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the A19, 6-7 km E of Northallerton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Historical Region: Hundred of Allerton
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC or earlier church here)
Font Notes:
There is a multiple-place entry for [Kirby] Sigston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE4194/kirby-sigston/] [accessed 27 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan & Whellan (1857) report that the font in this church ''is ancient''. Bulmer's Directory of 1890 reports that the font bears the date of 1662. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The church of Kirkby Sigston belonged from a very early date to the Prior and convent of Durham. It was taken from them in the late 11th century by Bishop Ralph Flambard, but was subsequently restored by his charter [...] The [present?] church originally consisted of a simple chancel and nave built in the 12th century [...] In 1893 the building was thoroughly restored [...] The font consists of an octagonal bowl on a round shaft and base, and bears the initials E C, T, C, 1662." In Pevsner (1966): ''Font. 1662, and typical of that moment. Simple, geometrical patterns, initials, and the date.'' The web page of The Church of England in Northallerton [http://www.cofe-northallerton.org.uk/st_lawrence.htm] [accessed 6 July 2008] informs: ''The font is from 1662, the date and the initials of the churchwardens inscribed upon its bowl.'' The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4165494666] notes: "Church. C12 nave, C13 chancel and north aisle, C18 tower, restoration and south porch added in 1893. [...] Font: dated 1662, set on a fluted octagonal plinth, round moulded shaft, octagonal bowl with date and geometrical and flower patterns."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 606539 6023224
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.3457, -1.361
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 20′ 44.52″ N, 1° 21′ 39.6″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "1662 E C T C" [intials of the churchwardens?]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Bulmer, T., History, Topography, and Directory of North Yorkshire, Comprising its Ancient and Modern History; [...], Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. (T. Snape & Co. Printers), 1890, transcribed by Colin Hinson in http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Kirbysigston/Kirbysigston90.html [accessed 6 July 2008]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, London: Penguin, 1995, p. 212
  • Whellan & Co., T., History and topography of the city of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire, embracing a […], Beverley: printed for the publishers by John Green, Market Place, 1859, p. 334