West Heslerton
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2010
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the modern font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: the modern font at the west end of the narrow north aisle
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16737HES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints [aka St. Andrew]
Church Patron Saints: All Saints [dedicated to St. Andrew at an earlier time]
Church Location: Church Street, West Heslerton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8RA
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located 15 km NE of New Malton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the information on, and for his photographs of this church and modern font.
Font Notes:
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The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes: "The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient stone structure, with a turret containing two bells. The interior of the church contains a font of Caen stone". Noted also in Bulmer's Directory of 1892: "The church formerly dedicated to St. Andrew, but recently changed to All Saints, is an ancient stone building [...] The font is of Caen stone with an oaken canopy, and was presented by Lord Downe in 1853." [NB: this is a modern font; the church fabric is said to go back to the 13th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s)].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 656310 6005145
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; this is modern, but does not correspond to the description of the "oaken canopy" of 1853 [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868
Bulmer, T., History and Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892