Mirfield / Mirefelt

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design element - motifs - foliage

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inscription

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view of basin - detail

the late-19thC font
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2016 by Colin Hinson
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view of basin - detail

the late-19thC font
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2016 by Colin Hinson
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view of basin - detail

the late-19thC font
Scene Description: the late-19thC font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2016 by Colin Hinson
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view of basin - detail

the late-19thC font
Scene Description: the late-19thC font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2016 by Colin Hinson
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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield - south side from Church Lane. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield is grade 2* listed (list entry 1134677). Unlike many parish churches that were 'restored' by Victorian architects, here Sir George Gilbert Scott built a complete new church in 1871 just a few yards from the medieval church that it replaced, of which only the tower now remains [...] If the money could be found to clean the stonework, it would look magnificent."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield - south side from Church Lane. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield is grade 2* listed (list entry 1134677). Unlike many parish churches that were 'restored' by Victorian architects, here Sir George Gilbert Scott built a complete new church in 1871 just a few yards from the medieval church that it replaced, of which only the tower now remains [...] If the money could be found to clean the stonework, it would look magnificent."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stephen Craven, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2017 by Stephen Craven [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5629100] [accessed 8 September 2018]
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view of church exterior - tower

Source caption: "Remains of Old St Mary's Church - Church Lane This Church was built in 1826 - the present Church was built nearby in 1871."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Remains of Old St Mary's Church - Church Lane This Church was built in 1826 - the present Church was built nearby in 1871."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Betty Longbottom, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2008 by Betty Longbottom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Remains_of_Old_St_Mary's_Church_-_Church_Lane_-_geograph.org.uk_-_903888.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2018]
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view of church exterior - tower

Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield - the old church tower. The lower part of the square tower was part of the medieval church. The upper part was added in the C15 or C16. The tower, and a few ruined walls, are all that remains of the church since its replacement was built on an adjacent site in 1871".
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield - the old church tower. The lower part of the square tower was part of the medieval church. The upper part was added in the C15 or C16. The tower, and a few ruined walls, are all that remains of the church since its replacement was built on an adjacent site in 1871".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stephen Craven, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2017 by Stephen Craven [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5629112] [accessed 8 September 2018]
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view of church exterior in context

This photographed, source captioned "Old and new church, Mirfield"
Scene Description: This photographed, source captioned "Old and new church, Mirfield"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Green, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taiken 29 March 2009 by Tim Green [www.flickr.com/photos/93416311@N00/3402662366] [accessed 8 September 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking northwest

Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield - nave and north aisle. This view gives some idea of the size of Scott's 1871 church"
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin, Mirfield - nave and north aisle. This view gives some idea of the size of Scott's 1871 church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stephen Craven, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2017 by Stephen Craven [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5629102] [accessed 8 September 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font - east side

the late-19thC font
Scene Description: the late-19thC font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2016 by Colin Hinson
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view of font and cover in context

the late-19thC font and cover
Scene Description: the late-19thC font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2016 by Colin Hinson
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author

INFORMATION

FontID: 13980MIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 38 Church Lane, Mirfield WF14 9HX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1924 490167
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off the A644 [aka Leeds / Huddersfield Rd], 5 km SW of Dewsbury, between Huddersfield and Wakefield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Historical Region: Hundred of Morley -- West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1662
Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Restoration
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of the modern font in the new church
Church Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Mirfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE2020/mirfield/] [accessed 8 September 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Glynne's 22 November 1863 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007) notes: "The font bears the date 1662, has an octagonal bowl, with debased foliage." Ryder (1993) mentions no font here. The entry for Mirfield church in the CRSBI (2018) writes: "The area seems to have been included in the parish of Dewsbury, perhaps as a chapel, and according to legend was created a parish church c.1261. The church was given to Kirklees nunnery in 1397 (VCH III, 170)", but adds: "With so little evidence remaining, the chronology of the medieval church is a matter of debate." In Harman & Pevsner (2017): "The Old font, 1662, is octagonal, with simple foliate panels and fleur-de-lys to tapering bowl."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.679664, -1.680495
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 40′ 46.79″ N, 1° 40′ 49.78″ W
UTM: 30U 587153 5948691

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [1662]
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REFERENCES

Harman, Ruth, Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2017