Laskill Pasture Township nr. Helmsley

INFORMATION

FontID: 13592LAS
Church/Chapel: [site of an ancient church?]
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Found near Laskill Bridge, 10 km NNW of Helmsley
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Whellan (1859) writes: ''Near Laskill bridge were, in 1855, uncovered certain remains indicative of the site of an ancient Church or religious house […] and among the other debris turned up were two large stone crosses, an octangular font and its pillar, and flooring tiles of various shapes and colours. The font is now used as a trough in the adjoining farmyard''.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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