Eglinham

INFORMATION

FontID: 10890EGL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Maurice
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located on the B6346, 10 km NW of Alnwick
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
The September 1862 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine informs that the font, which was earlier in the chancel, has been "removed to the west end of the nave", as part of the re-modelling done around the time of the report. [NB: the GENUKI site [www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/Eglingham] notes that records of baptisms in the church of St. Maurice go back to 1662]