However, at the consecration the Yorkshire Gazette said: "The handsome new font of Caen stone does credit to Mr Mawer of Leeds, by whom the corbels and interior carving were executed." On the same occasion, the Leeds Intelligencer said: "There is a handsome [carved wooden] eagle, or lectern, which, with the [stone] font and carved work generally, has been executed by Mr Mawer, of Leeds, whose well-earned reputation it is calculated to enhance."Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 31 July 1852 p6: "Consecration of the new church and burial ground of St James, Boroughbridge" Regarding the 1884 reredos, the Yorkshire Gazette said: "The reredos recently erected in this church is chiefly of Caen stone, marble being used to a small extent in the shafts. The style is that of the church, Decorated Gothic. Each wing of the reredos, to the right and left of the altar table, is divided into three compartments by shafts of serpentine marble, in which the green veins predominate. The shafts have carved stone capitals, which support well-moulded arches, each supported with foliage. The spandrels of these arches are filled with bands of rosettes in low relief. The central portion of the reredos, immediately behind the altar table, is projected and divided into three compartments. The shafts, instead of springing from the floor, as do those on each side, stand on bases level with the table. They are of serpentine marble, and support arches more elaborately carved than the side arches. In the centre compartment is sculptured "The Lamb," bearing over its shoulder a banner and cross.
