Whenby / Quennebi / Qwheneby

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross & Britain Express [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4239] [accessed 16 December 2019]

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view of church exterior - south porch

Scene Description: Source caption; "The 14th century south porch of St Martin's church, Whenby is built of a local sandstone."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2010 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1987031] [accessed 16 December 2019]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption; "St Martins, Whenby. Small church of the Perpendicular period at one end of a tiny village. The church is currently not in use, but is open to visitors."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2010 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1987027] [accessed 16 December 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption; "The nave of St Martin's church, which is currently not in use."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2010 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1987040] [accessed 16 December 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover

Scene Description: much patched basin said to be 15thC

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross & Britain Express [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4239] [accessed 16 December 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22481WHE

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin [redundant]

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: Whenby, York YO61 4SE, UK

Country Name: England

Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Directions to Site: Located E of the A19, 13 km E of Easingwold, 17-18 km W of Malton, 24 km NNE of York

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York

Historical Region: Hundred of Bulford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross & Britain Express for their photograph of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

No idividual entry for Whenby found in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "The first recorded presentation to the church of Whenby was made by the Prioress and nuns of Moxby in 1250. [...] It was apparently entirely reconstructed in the 15th century, and, though the rubble masonry of the north aisle contrasts with the ashlar facing of the rest of the building, there is no evidence that it is earlier in date. [...] The ancient fittings of the church include a font with an octagonal moulded 15th-century bowl". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6307869820] notes: "Church, now redundant. C15 with C19 and C20 restorations [...] C15 octagonal moulded font basin on narrow stern".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.1204, -1.0364

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 7′ 13.44″ N, 1° 2′ 11.04″ W

UTM: 30U 628334 5998700

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal, flat and plain, with cross metal bars and ring handle

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-12-16 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.