Kirk Merrington
Image copyright © Parish of Kirk Merrington St Johns, 2017
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: not a Norman font...
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish of Kirk Merrington St Johns, 2017
Image Source: digital image in the parish site [http://stjohnskirkmerrington.org/index.php/st-johns-kirk-merrington/gallery/] [accessed 13 Fabruary 2018]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2576631] [accessed 13 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
![EXT SE digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2576635] [accessed 13 February 2018]
EXT SOUTH PORTAL digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2576631] [accessed 13 February 2018]
FONT+COVER digital image in the parish site [http://stjohnskirkmerrington.org/index.php/st-johns-kirk-merrington/gallery/] [accessed 13 Fabruary 2018]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180213036_compressed.png)
Scene Description: EXT SE digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2576635] [accessed 13 February 2018]
EXT SOUTH PORTAL digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2576631] [accessed 13 February 2018]
FONT+COVER digital image in the parish site [http://stjohnskirkmerrington.org/index.php/st-johns-kirk-merrington/gallery/] [accessed 13 Fabruary 2018]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2011 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2576635] [accessed 13 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09856MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Font Location in Church: Found in the vicarage garden; restored to the church in 1939
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Address: Merrington Rd, Kirk Merrington, Spennymoor DL16 7HP, UK -- Tel.: +44 1388 811108
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B6287, NE of Bishop Auckland, SSW of Durham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Additional Comments: recycled font: discarded in Victorian restoration; buried in the vicarage garden; found and restored in 1939
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Kirk Merrington in the Domesday survey. 'The Church on the Hill', in This is the North East www.comunigate.co.uk/ne/kirkmerrington/page1.html] notes on the baptismal font here: "Norman, it was discarded during restoration [mid-19th century] but rescued from the vicarage garden and re-hallowed in 1939." A font in use in this church is llustrated in the parish site [http://stjohnskirkmerrington.org/index.php/st-johns-kirk-merrington/gallery/] [accessed 13 Fabruary 2018]. This font does not appear to be the recovered Norman font; where is the latter?
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 590606 6059879
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.678104, -1.59477
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 40′ 41.17″ N, 1° 35′ 41.17″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone