Laskill Pasture Township nr. Helmsley
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13592LAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [site of an ancient church?]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Found near Laskill Bridge, 10 km NNW of Helmsley
Additional Comments: abandoned font / disused font / re-cycled font now a trough / disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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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, p. 859 / [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-8wHAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA8-PA893&lpg=RA8-PA893&dq=ebberston+church+font&source=web&ots=dasZyVodko&sig=lJUwMy-wZpIVTB8qWdeRzaah_cM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PRA8-PA818,M1] [accessed 7 July 2008]