Barnsley / Berneslai
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21828BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2AH, UK -- Tel.: 07549 876505
Country Name: England
Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off the A628-A635-A6133 confluence, 20-25 km S of Wakefield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Historical Region: Hundred of Staincross -- formerly WRYrks
Date: ca. 1400?
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Barnsley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE3406/barnsley/] [accessed 3 October 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE3111009914] [accessed 3 October 2018] notes: "Church. C16, the chancel is dated 1517 and was built by Thomas de Tykyll, Prior of Monk Bretton Priory", but mentions no font in it. Harrman & Pevsner (2017) give the day of the tower as ca. 1400, the church itself having been re-built in 1817-1822. All other churches in this town are modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.55549, -1.4824
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 33′ 19.76″ N, 1° 28′ 56.64″ W
UTM: 30U 600531 5935138