Hepple / West Hepple?

Noted in Mackenzie (1825) who is quoted verbatim in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51026#s5] [accessed 21 January 2010] notes: "Upon a fine summit called the Kirk Hill, about half a mile west of Hepple, stood a chapel, the remains of which were removed about the year 1760", but does not mention a font. A 1920 source 'Thropton to Harbotle' [http://www.oldandsold.com/articles32n/northumbria-30.shtml] [accessed 21 January 2010] notes: "About half a mile west of Hepple, on Kirkhill, an ancient chapel stood, the remains of which were removed in 1760 to build a farmhouse. The baptismal font and pedestal were still in good preservation and are now at the neighbouring farmhouse." Described in Pevsner (1957): "Very primitive Norman; cylindrical but with figures standing tightly under arches; only one of them -a bearded man- is still clearly visible." The Hepple Parish website [http://www.allsaintsrothbury.org.uk/main/page_our_churches_hepple_christ_church_hepple.html] [accessed 21 January 2010] notes: "Christ Church, Hepple, was founded by Sir Walter Buchanan-Riddell, originally as a chapel of ease to Rothbury Parish, and consecrated on 10 July 1893 by the Rt. Rev. Ernest Wilberforce, Bishop of Newcastle […] The font bowl is possibly of Saxon origin, and was brought from Kirkfield, West Hepple, the site of a former church. [The Newcastle Diocesan Gazetteer (1982), page 96.]". The West Hepple Farm website [www.georgefwhite.co.uk] [accessed 21 January 2010] notes: "Excavations in one of the farm’s fields in 1972 unearthed a font bowl, which was dated back to the Anglo Saxon period." The 'Keys to the past' websiteentry for Hepple [http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N14569] [accessed 21 January 2010], however, refers to the found bowl as 12th-century.

An unknown / untitled source of the Durham County Council records: "Figurative decoration of [...] 13th century date [...] can [...] be found on the Norman font from Hepple". [source: www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/lookup/[...]]