Witton-le-Wear
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02047WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Philip and St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philip & St. James
Church Address: High St, Witton-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland DL14 0AX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1388 488626
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km WNW of Bishop Auckland
Font Notes:
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Noted in Mackenzie & Ross (1834) and in Fordyce (1857) after them: "The baptismal font is in the form of a truncated cone." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 579168 6059477
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.676422, -1.772216
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 40′ 35.12″ N, 1° 46′ 19.98″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 198
- Hutchinson, William, The History and Antiquities of the county palatine of Durham, Durham: Printed and published by G. Walker, Sadler Street, 1823, vol. 1: 621
- Mackenzie, Eneas, An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county palatine of Durham: comprehending the various subjects of natural, civil, and ecclesiastical geography, agriculture, mines, manufactures […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mackenzie & Dent, 1834, vol. 2: 279