Howsham / Hvson / Huson
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2022
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 26 August 2022)
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Scene Description: the Victorian font in the Victorian church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2022 by Colin Hinson
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 26 August 2022)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24241HOW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Notes: present church of 1860 was chapel of ease to Scrayingham until 1977
Church Address: Howsham, York YO60 7PH, United Kingdom
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Historical Region: Hundred of Acklam [in Domesday] / Ryedale / formerly East Riding of Yorkshire
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Howsham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7362/howsham/] [accessed 26 August 2022] but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [Listing NGR: SE7374262893] notes: "Church. 1859-60. By G E Street for Hannah Cholmley [...] font and pulpit with inlaid polychrome marble."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hnson for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.0567, -0.875
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 3' 24" N, 0° 52' 29" W