Bewholme

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2009
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Results: 5 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - nave - looking southeast
view of font
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 15751BEW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [new church]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NW of Hornsea
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Century and Period: 11th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of the modern church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
One of the mini-fonts, also called portable fonts; miniature-sized fonts of conventional design; this one consists of a plain octagonal basin with chamfered upper rim, raised on a splaying stem of the same shape. It stand on a tall wooden support on the south side of the nave, by the organ. [NB: the original church. located 1-2 km outside the village is thought to have been the one noted in the Domesday survey of 1086; the register of baptisms starts in 1607, according to the Victoria County History (York East Riding, vol. 7, 2002). [NB: we have no information on its early font].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 682047 5979652