Fylingdales / Figclinge / Fieling / Figelinge / Saxeby

No individual entry found for Fylingdales in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (York North Riding, 1923) notes: "The parish of Fylingdales contains two churches, the older standing isolated on the hill-side above the town of Robin Hood's Bay and the later in close proximity to the railway station. Both buildings are, however, modern, the ancient church of ST. STEPHEN having been pulled down about the year 1821. It contained features of considerable antiquity, the chancel arch being a reputed work of the Saxon period. [...] The new church of ST. STEPHEN, built in 1870 from the designs of G. E. Street, is a handsome if somewhat heavy Gothic building, consisting of a nave with south aisle, quire and tower on the south side. The quire terminates in a semicircular apse, with a ribbed stone vault, and an arcade of four bays having octagonal piers with foliated capitals separates the nave and aisle. The clearstory above consists of two-light windows alternating with quatrefoils. The circular stone font, tapering towards the base, was rescued from a local farm-yard. It has a moulded rim, and apparently dates from the 13th century." The present font in the old church appears to be from the early-18th century and is described in the entry for this church in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1148649]: "The western end of the aisle forms the baptistery with its square font with mouldings in the style of English Middle Pointed tracery similar to that employed for the windows"; the entry reports also another vessel here, "a rough stone, cylindrical font thought to have originated from the medieval parish church demolished in the early C19."