Welbury / Welberga / Welleberge / Wellebergh / Wethergh

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22459WEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: Tofts Ln, Welbury, Northallerton DL6 2SE, UK -- Tel.: +44 1609 882268
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located W of the A19, 13 km NNE of Northallerton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Allerton
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Norman
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Welbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ3902/welbury/] [accessed 6 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. 2, 1923) notes: "Walter de Ingram gave the church of Welbury, with its 2 oxgangs of land and dwelling-house, to Guisborough Priory [...] probably at or soon after its foundation by Robert de Brus in 1129. [...] The church probably dates from the 12th century, but the chancel has been entirely rebuilt and the nave has been so much modernized that there is no detail to give its date beyond a piece of 12th-century carved stone now preserved in the north wall"; no font mentioned in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ3999502208] notes: "Church. Medieval in origin, mostly rebuilt by Hicks in 1887"; it mentions no font in it. The Welbury web site [www.welbury.com/history] [accessed 6 December 2019] claims: "a church founded in 1129 with 9th Century features".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 604707 6030939

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-12-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.