Thorganby nr. York / Turgisbi

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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "St Helen's, Thorganby. The view of the church from the south, showing the 14th century stone tower and the early 18th century brick nave and chancel. Nice round headed windows and stone dressings. The church bears comparison with its namesake in nearby Wheldrake, which also has a 14th century tower married to an 18th century nave, although that at Wheldrake is some 50 years later and on a rather grander scale"

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Helen's, Thorganby. The view of the church from the south, showing the 14th century stone tower and the early 18th century brick nave and chancel. Nice round headed windows and stone dressings. The church bears comparison with its namesake in nearby Wheldrake, which also has a 14th century tower married to an 18th century nave, although that at Wheldrake is some 50 years later and on a rather grander scale"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 May 2010 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1854099] [accessed 23 October 2019]

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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "St Helen's church interior. Simple flat ceilinged nave of 1710 leading to the chancel of 1719. The chancel arch is 14th century and must have been saved from the earlier church."

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Helen's church interior. Simple flat ceilinged nave of 1710 leading to the chancel of 1719. The chancel arch is 14th century and must have been saved from the earlier church."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2010 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1854085] [accessed 23 October 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14012THO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen

Church Patron Saints: St. Helena

Church Location: Main S, Thorganby, York YO19 6DB, UK

Country Name: England

Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Directions to Site: Located on the W bank of the Derwent river, 13 km SE of York

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York

Historical Region: Hundred of Howden

Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 15th - 17th century, Late Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for Thorganby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6841/thorganby/] [accessed 23 October 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Glynne's 14 March 1825 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007) notes: "the font is a rude octagon evidently ancient". The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York East Riding, vol. 3, 1976): "A church at Thorganby is mentioned in 1228, when Robert de Meynell claimed the advowson. [...] Except for the tower and chancel arch, the church was entirely rebuilt in the early 18th century. [...] Little is known of the medieval building. The chancel arch may date from the 14th century. [...] The plain octagonal font may also be medieval." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6896541645] notes: "Church. Probable C15 tower with nave and chancel of 1690, with later additions and alterations including C19 vestry. [...] Probably late C17 octagonal font with lead lining." The entry for this church in Pevsner & Neave (2002) notes: "Font. Octagonal, plain. C15?".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.86672, -0.953

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 52′ 0.19″ N, 0° 57′ 10.8″ W

UTM: 30U 634599 5970635

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-11-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007