Gate Helmsley / Emelsey / Gatehemelsay / Gaythamulsay / Hamelsec [Domesday] / Hemelsay / Street Helmsley
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2018 by Dave Kelly [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5925668] [accessed 10 December 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2017 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5495365] [accessed 10 December 2019]
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view of font and cover - south side
Scene Description: the 13thC font, quite possibly re-tooled
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2017 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5495245] [accessed 10 December 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22468GAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Main St, Gate Helmsley, York YO41 1JT, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A166, 2 km W of Stamford Bridge, 10-12 km ENE of York city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Bulford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for [Gate] Helmsley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6955/gate-helmsley/] [accessed 10 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: "No early record of the church of Gate Helmsley seems to survive. [...] The church has been so thoroughly restored as to leave little trace of its architectural history. The existing nave, however, appears to date from the 13th century and the chancel was probably of the same date, though now entirely rebuilt. [...] The font is a plain 13th-century octagonal bowl moulded on its lower edge and having a concave stem of the same form and a moulded base". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6907155217] notes: "Church. Early C13 arcade, C15 west tower, substantially restored 1885-6", but mentions no font in it. The font appears to be monolithic except for a detached lower base, also octagonal. Modern font cover.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.991,
-0.94
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 59′ 27.6″ N,
0° 56′ 24″ W
UTM: 30U 635052 5984485
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; modern
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-12-10 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.