Easington nr. Durham
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2010 by Andrew Curtis [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1706454] [accessed 27 July 2014]
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view of church exterior - cross
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Saxon cross, St Mary's Church, Easington. Located at the base of the west wall of the tower, the oldest part of the church built in C12, is a Saxon cross dating from C10 or C11 carved in a slab of Magnesian Limestone. It is probably from a gravestone or dedication cross. Its presence here suggests that the current church was built on the site of a much earlier Anglo-Saxon church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrew Curtis, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2010 by Andrew Curtis [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1706523] [accessed 27 July 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02045EAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: the original church here may have been as early as the 8thC
Church Address: Hall Walks, Easington, Durham SR8 3BP
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1283, E of the A19, 15-20 km E of Durham, 13 km NNW of Hartlepool
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Notes:
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No individual entry for this Easington found in the Domesday survey. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Norman period here.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 605628 6072010
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.78416, -1.357485
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 47′ 2.98″ N, 1° 21′ 26.95″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 198