Rock nr. Alnwick

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01782ROC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1176?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Philip and St. James [formerly a chapel-of-ease to Embleton]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philip & St. James
Church Notes: Rock appears to have been a chapel-of-ease to Embleton parish church, perhaps as early as 1176; ny the 18thC it was so run down services could not be held in it; re-built in 1806; restored in 1855 and 1866 [source: www.northumberlandlife.org/stphilipandstjameschurchrock/Page2.asp [accessed 31 October 2014]]
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the parish of Embleton, 7 km NE of Alnwick
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Historical Region: Hundred of Bambrough
Additional Comments: altered font? (restored basin on a replacement pedestal base)
Font Notes:
Lewis' Dictionary of 1831 reports the chapel but does not mention a font in it. Wilson (1870) notes and ancient font in this church. Cox & Harvey (1907) describe it as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1957). English Heritage [Listing NGR: NU2021720231] (1969) reports: "Font has triple-stepped square shaft and restored moulded hexagonal bowl." Bosanquet (2012) [www.northumberlandlife.org/stphilipandstjameschurchrock/Page2.asp [accessed 31 October 2014] reports: "The font near the west door is partly ancient."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 583327 6148497
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.4755, -1.6817
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 28′ 31.8″ N, 1° 40′ 54.12″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 212
  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, vol. 3: 622
  • 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. 197