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SOME DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 



to recover their original property, but in this they failed, and 

 perhaps fortunately so for the font, for having most carefully 

 restored it Youlgreave was in no mind to let it go again. 

 The good people of Elton were finally appeased by the 

 generosity of their lord of the manor, Mr. Thornhill, who had 

 an exact " replica" made, with which they had to be satisfied. 

 Such is the eventful history of this interesting work of art. 



G. le Blanc Smith. 

 Fig. I.— Font at Youlgreave. 



We may now consider its general features, date, and ornament, 

 and the use of the curious appendage to this font. Its general 

 features are a circular bowl with a peculiar hollowed projection 

 on one side, a central column with four supporting side shafts, 

 which are restorations,* and a modern base (fig. 1). Its date 

 may be roughly placed as being prior to 1200, which means that 

 it is Late-Norman. Its ornament must now be considered in 



* They were unfortunately restored in a different coloured stone. 



