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view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - nave - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 15359BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1079, 4 km SE of Pocklington, 6-7 km NW of Market Weighton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, partly built into the N wall, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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Bulmers Directory of 1892 notes: "The font is ancient, and partly built into the wall." The font is a cylindrical tub, totally plain but for an inscription painted on the sides; it is raised on a circular plinth with kneeling extension. The font is partly built into the north wall of the small church.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: painted in black lettering
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: " [...] BELIEVE IN ONE [...] / BAPTISM FOR THE[...] / [,,,] OF S[...]"
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, round and plain; modern
REFERENCES
Bulmer, T., History and Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892