Fulford

No individual entry found for this Fulford in the Domesday survey. There is no mention of any font in Glynne's notes of his 4 December 1851 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007). The Ecclesiologist (vol. XXVIII, 1867: 286), in its report on 'Church restoration in Yorkshire in 1866', notes: "The old church [was] built in 1349 […] The new church was consecrated on the 24th December, 1866 […] The font, like the pulpit, is the work of Mr. Forsyth, of London". Pevsner & Neave (1995) write: "Canopy by Brierle, 1919." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York East Riding, vol. 3, 1976) notes: "The surviving fabric of the 'old' church, which was replaced in the 19th century, shows that it was built c. 1150. [...] Fulford chapel was first expressly mentioned in 1349, when it was dedicated [...] at least by the mid 17th century baptisms and marriages also took place at Fulford. [...] The 'old' church of ST. OSWALD, in St. Oswald's Road, consists of chancel, nave, and west tower. It has been suggested that the nave was built c. 1150 and the chancel added c. 1180, the rubble masonry of the chancel being built up against the finer ashlar of the nave. [...] The interior has been partly stripped of its fittings. [...] A new church of ST. OSWALD was built on Fulford Road to replace the old one and was opened in 1866. [...] The church was burnt out in 1877 but restored and reopened early in 1878. [...] The unsafe spire was removed and the belfry stage of the tower rebuilt in 1924. [...] The 18th-century font was transferred from the old church." This font is described as "'Georgian, simple and delicate; small stone bowl is supported on a column'" in Christopher Rainger's An overview of thearchaeological investigations undertaken in the 1980’s, withan assessment of the history of the churchand its dedication [https://ffhyork.weebly.com/uploads/8/2/0/5/8205739/old_st_oswalds_history___investigations_-_crs_paper_website_version_-_january_2017.pdf] [accessed 21 October 2019].