York No. 29, Acomb / Eboracum / Eburacum / Eburākon / Eoforwic / Everwic / Jórvík

INFORMATION

FontID: 17241YOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Stephen
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B1224, aka York Rd., bordering with Acomb
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Century and Period: 12th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
The RCHM (York, 1962- ) notes a 12th-century church here, modified in the 15th and 19th centuries; no font is mentioned in it, so it is probably modern [NB: the church was ravaged by a fire caused by arson on 19 December 1992; it was reopened in September 1994; a view of the interior ca. 1831-1832 in the RCHM Ibid.) shows a Victorian font standing in the centre aisle of the nave, towards the back; the font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical decorated and chamfered sides, raised on clustered columns and a two-step lower base of plinthwe have no information on whether this 19th-century font survived the 1992 fire]

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the city of York, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1962-