Heighington

INFORMATION

FontID: 02050HEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located near the junction A6072-B6448, 4 km SW of Newton Aycliffe, 10 km NNW of Darlington
Font Location in Church: Inside the church; moved from under the tower farther east into the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
In "New look for Heighington", an article in The D&N Times, an occasional newsletter of the Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bellringers, dated July 2002 [www.aqyp22.dsl.pipex.com/July2002.htm] reports the move of the baptismal font from its former location under the tower -hence the bellringers' interest- to the nave of the church

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.5959, -1.6161
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 35′ 45.24″ N, 1° 36′ 57.96″ W
UTM: 30U 589411 6050705

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907