Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels
Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Street
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1134124
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Statutory Address:
- Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Street
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1134124
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Statutory Address 1:
- Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Street
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Street
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Haworth and Stanbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SE0298437188
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 July 2021 to reformat text to current standards
SE 0237 and SE 0337
21/33
KEIGHLEY
Haworth
CHURCH STREET (south side)
Font in graveyard approximately 12 metres to south of Church of St Michael and All Angels
GV
II
Font. Dated 1742. Ashlar. Squared baluster font with octagonal plinth set on late C18-early C19 tomb slab. The bowl is inscribed on three sides 'W Grimshaw/ A B Minister/AD 1742' and on the top 'I indeed have bapt.d/you with water/but He shall bap/tize you with/THE HOLY GHOST'. William Grimshaw (1708-1763) came to Haworth in 1742 as perpetual curate and, having encouraged the growth of Methodism in Haworth, was instrumental in building the Methodist Chapel in 1758.
Listing NGR: SE0298437188
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 338121
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Dews, D C, A History of Methodism in Haworth from 1744, (1981), 5-8
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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