Arkengarthdale / Alkergarth / Archgarthdle / Arkelgarth / Arkillesgarth / Arkilgarthdale / Arkindale / Arkingarth / Arkingarthdale / Arkle Town [disappeared?]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2578162] [accessed 28 October 2019]
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view of church interior - looking west

with a partial view of the two fonts towards the back, left side
Scene Description: with a partial view of the two fonts towards the back, left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2578153] [accessed 28 October 2019]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Interior, St Mary's Church, near to Langthwaite, North Yorkshire, Great Britain. This is the original font which has a small basin and pyramidal cover."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, St Mary's Church, near to Langthwaite, North Yorkshire, Great Britain. This is the original font which has a small basin and pyramidal cover."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2011 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2400216] [accessed 28 October 2019]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Interior, St Mary's Church, near to Langthwaite, North Yorkshire, Great Britain. Font given by George Gilpin-Brown in 1891."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, St Mary's Church, near to Langthwaite, North Yorkshire, Great Britain. Font given by George Gilpin-Brown in 1891."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2011 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2400215] [accessed 28 October 2019]
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view of font and cover in context

Showing the two fonts: on the left the one donated by G Brown in 1891; on the right the font of the 1818 replacement church; the medieval church was demolished when its foundations were compromised by the nearby beck; we have no information on its font
Scene Description: Showing the two fonts: on the left the one donated by G Brown in 1891; on the right the font of the 1818 replacement church; the medieval church was demolished when its foundations were compromised by the nearby beck; we have no information on its font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2578146] [accessed 28 October 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 22415ARK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin [new church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Arkengarthdale, Richmond DL11 6EL, UK -- Tel.: +44 1748 884706
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located just N of Langthwaite, between the road and Arkle beck, 14-15 km WNW of Richmod
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for Arkengarthdale in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The church was appropriated to Egglestone Abbey before 1292 [...] The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN is a plain modern building, erected in 1818 at the cost of the estate of George Brown; the old church was pulled down owing to the foundations becoming undermined by the Arkle Beck". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ0030402700] notes: "Church. 1818, for George Brown, lord of the manor of Arkengarthdale. [...] Fittings: original font with fluted column supporting small basin and pyramidal cover; also font given by George Gilpin-Brown, 1891." [NB: does "original" mean the one from the medieval church?]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.41978, -1.997
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 25′ 11.21″ N, 1° 59′ 49.2″ W
UTM: 30U 565082 6030692

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-11-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.