Sinningthwaite / Syningthwaite

INFORMATION

FontID: 22360SIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Priory Church of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for the Priory Cottages, former site of the priory] Unnamed Road, Syningthwaite, Tadcaster LS24 8BN, UK
Country Name: England
Location: West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km SW of Bilton-in-Ainsty, 8 km NNW of Tadcaster, 13-15 km W of York
Historical Region: Houndred of Ainsty
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: a few remains from the old priory are built into the present farmhouse and buildings
Font Notes:
No individual entry for Sinningthwaite / Syningthwaite found in the Domesday survey. The entry for the Cistercian Priory of Sinningthwaite in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "Sinningthwaite Priory, in Bilton-in-Ainsty, was founded about 1160 by Bertram Haget, who gave the site, [...] and the gift was confirmed by his overlord, Roger de Mowbray [...] The priory of Sinningthwaite was supervised by the commissioners on 10 June 1535, [...] and suppressed on 3 August following." The entry for Sinningthwaite / Syningthwaite in the CRSBI (2019) notes: "The principal Romanesque survival is the doorway to the present-day farmhouse in its N wall, originally one of the claustral (refectory) entrances."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 611710 5977346

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-09-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2019-09-25 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.