Stanhope

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09967STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Thomas%27s_Church,_Stanhope_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7874024.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A639, just NW of Frosterley, 30-35 km WSW of Durham
Font Notes:
Murray (1873): "The (modern) font is a fine specimen of Stanhope marble from the Bishopley quarry". In Pevsner (1983): "Font. Tub with two big roll mouldings." Baptismal font of the Saxon period, according to [www.c2c-guide.co.uk/places/info_stanhope.html] [NB: more likely Norman, since the earliest part of the fabric of the church is said to be of the Norman period, probably ca. 1200]. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the modern font noted in Murray above]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Murray, John (the firm), A handbook for travellers in Durham and Northumberland, London: John Murray ; printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1873, p. 100
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, County Durham, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1983, p. 428