Fangfoss / Frangefos

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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Martin's, Fangfoss. Much of this village church dates from a rebuilding in 1849-50, but the architect, R D Chantrell reused parts of the original Norman church including this rather splendid south doorway with its triple arch and carvings."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gordon Hatton, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2009 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1211310] [accessed 24 October 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "The nave of St Martin's church with its restored Norman chancel arch."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gordon Hatton, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2009 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1211322] [accessed 24 October 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 13932FAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours [earlier St. Mary; then St. John]
Church Location: Main St, Fangfoss, York YO41 5QH , UK
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located S of the A166, N of the A1079, 6 NW of Pocklington, 18 km E of York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Pocklington
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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There is a multiple-place entry for Fangfoss [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7653/fangfoss/] [accessed 24 October 2019]; it reports a priest and a church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York East Riding, vol. 3, 1976) notes: "The early history of Fangfoss church is the same as that of Barmby Moor. There was a 'parson', presumably a chaplain, at Fangfoss in 1235 [...] The medieval church or chapel of ST. MARTIN consisted of chancel with apsidal end and nave with south porch and west tower. The chancel was 'quite fallen down' in 1591 and 'altogether ruinous' in 1602. [...] The building was extensively repaired in the 18th century (fn. 173) and repewed in the 1820s. [...] By the 1830s the apse had gone, the tower had recently been partly rebuilt in brick, and the south porch had been stripped of much of its ornamentation. [...] The church was rebuilt in 1848-50 by R. D. Chantrell in a Norman style, use being made of stonework from the former Norman church, notably in the south doorway and the corbel table. [...] The church, called St. Mary's in 1851 and later St. John's, […] comprises chancel with north vestry and nave with south door and west bell-turret. The fittings include an octagonal stone font and a communion table, apparently acquired at about the date of restoration." There is no information on the original font of the Norman church [Glynne (in Butler, 2007], who visited the church in November 1865, soon after the restoration does not mention a font]. The Gentleman's Magazine (issue of Dec. 1848: 632) mentions the recent "pulling down" of Fangfoss church and the evidence of two previous church buildings prior to the one being demolished. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE7668853346] notes; "Church. C12 or earlier origins, rebuilt 1849-50"; no font mentioned.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.97023, -0.8328
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 58′ 12.83″ N, 0° 49′ 58.08″ W
UTM: 30U 642150 5982384
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-10-31 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.