Salton / Saleton / Saletun / Saulton
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2011 by JThomas [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2453553] [accessed 3 December 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22456SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John of Beverley
Church Patron Saints: St. John of Beverley
Church Location: Salton, York YO62 6RN, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located 10 km S of Kirkbymoorside, 11 km SW of Pickering
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Maneshou
Church Notes: church restored again 2019
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Salton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7180/salton/] [accessed 3 December 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The present church dates from the latter part of the 12th century. Early in the 13th century the tower arch was inserted [...] The font is modern." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE7163679971] notes: "Church. Early C12 nave and chancel; north wall rebuilt and tower added in late C12 following a Scottish raid; early C13 tower arch. Restoration of 1881"; no font mentioned.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.2103, -0.903
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 12′ 37.08″ N, 0° 54′ 10.8″ W
UTM: 30U 636754 6008951
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-12-03 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.