Ingram

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01173ING
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1632? / 1633? / 1662?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: the heraldic emblem of the Percy family also on the tem of the font at Alnham (Northumberland)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the tower arch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Ingram, Northumberland, England, NE66 4LT, UK
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A697 (take the 3rd west exit N of Powburn, the one leading to Brandon and Ingram -- NOT the 2nd which leads to Branton and Fawdon). About 40 km S of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the NE area of the Northumberland National Park
Font Notes:
Noted in Wilson (1870): "The font has several devices on its octagonal bowl, besides the date March 11, 1662 […] The font stands before the entrance into the sturdy tower, at the west end of the nave." In this entry for Ingram church, Wilson (ibid.) quotes Mr. Longstaffe, whom Wilson had asked for heraldic advice: "'A star of five points occurs above the crescent on two fonts in Northumberland in parishes containing Percy possessions, viz.: Ingram and Alnham'" -- Longstaffe's advice includes a note that the date on the Ingram font, March 11, 1632, " would be 1633" -- not clear whether the error in the adte [1662 vs. 1632] is Wilson's or Longstaffe's]. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a heraldic baptismal font dated 1664. Described in Pevsner (1957): "Font, 1662. Octagonal with elementary geometrical panels, badges, an odd tree of life, etc."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 565080 6144306
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.44062, -1.9713
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 26′ 26.23″ N, 1° 58′ 16.68″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: [date of March 11, 1632 or 1662 -- cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Wilson (1870); Cox & Harvey (1907)

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 170
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957, p. 198
  • Wilson, Frederick Richard, An architectural survey of the churches in the Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, in the County of Northumberland, containing plans and views […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed and photo-lithographed by M. and M. W. Lambert, 1870, p. 93, 197