York No. 14, Walmgate / Eboracum / Eburacum / Eburākon / Eoforwic / Everwic / Jórvík

There are twelve entries for York in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6052/york/] [accessed 8 August 2019] eight of which mentions a church in it [cf. infra]. The church dates back to Norman times; at the time of Glynne's first visit (in Butler, 2007) between 1825 and 1840, the church had a Norman south porch; Glynne (ibid.) visited again in July 1846 and "The fine Norman porch seems to have removed" [NB: perhaps the original Norman font went the same way?] [a drawing of the Norman porch is posted in http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/139718/york-britain-st-margaret-church-1881/ [accessed 27 November 2008 -- The Press [http://devel.yorkpress.co.uk/mostpopular.var.753904.mostviewed.st_margarets_church_walmgate.php] [accessed 27 November 2008] informs that the porch was being restored to St Margaret -- the church, which has been redundant since 1974, itself is being converted into a civic centre for non-liturgical activities. It was one of six medieval churches in Walmsgate]. The entry for this church in the Victoria County History (York, 1961) notes: "The church of ST. MARGARET, Walmgate, is first mentioned in a charter dated between 1177 and 1181 [...] It was proposed in 1548 to unite St. Peter-leWillows with the church and this was in fact carried out in 1586. (fn. 525) St. Margaret's was united with St. Denys's in 1955 [...] The church comprises [...] nave and north aisle, porch, vestry, and tower. It was rebuilt, with the exception of the porch and the tower (which dates from 1684), in 1852. Traces of the older building remain in the tracery of some windows on the south side of the nave and in the east window. The style is predominantly that of the 14th century. The doorway to the porch is of about 1160 and is said to have come from St. Nicholas's, Lawrence Street: it may be compared with three similar doorways at St. Denys's, old St. Lawrence's, and old St. Maurice's, and is generally thought the finest of the three. No ancient furniture or stained glass remain in the church." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6095251565] notes: "Parish church, now warehouse. Reset late C12 south porch in early C14 nave with north aisle; late C15 vestry; rebuilt tower of 1684-85; north aisle rebuilt and arcade restored 1851-52; C20 alteration"; no font mentioned. The NCEM [The National Centre for Early Music], which occupied the premises of the old church for some time, notes on its web site [www.ncem.co.uk/?idno=245] [accessed 19 August 2019] informs that a new font had been introduced in St St Margaret's in the mid-19th century.