Norman font at St. Mary's

The font is a wonderful creation, carved with rustic figures on a straight sided tub design. There are two horizontal bands of figures. The lower section shows several figures from daily life, including a man leading a cow, a geometric design, and a large figure which looks like a cat catching a mouse. The carving is certainly simple, even crude in places, but the overall effect is brilliant, and combined with the other Norman features, makes St. Mary's at Kirkburn worth a visit. Kirkburn is near to Driffield in East Yorkshire.