Egglescliffe / Eaglescliffe / Ecclesclive / Ecclesclyve / Eggascliff / Eggelesclive / Eggesclive / Eggescliva / Egglesclive / Egglisclyf / Egglysclyfe / Heckesclyfe

No entry found for Egglescliffe in the Domesday survey. Described and illustrated in the Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland (6, 1906-1911: 251-253). The Victoria County History (Durham, vol. 3, 1928) notes: "The fragment of a pre-Conquest stone carved on two sides was found in 1908 built into the buttress on the north side of the chancel and is now in the porch. The oldest parts of the existing fabric, however, are the south doorway, the jambs of the chancel arch and portions of the north wall of the nave, which are all that remains of a 12th-century church [...] The font is of late 12th or early 13th-century date and consists of a plain circular stone bowl moulded on the edge, on a moulded stem and base. It stands below the tower and has a 17th-century oak pyramidal crocketed cover." The footnote in the VCH entry reads: "The font cover is illustrated in Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle (Ser. 3), iv, 252. For font see Trans. Dur. Arch. Soc. vi, 251". In Pevsner (1983): "Font cover, on a C13 font, of steep pyramidal shape, probably [...] C17." The Parish web site [www.stjohnsegglescliffe.org.uk] notes: "The font which until 1910 stood in the centre aisle near the South door, is late 12th or early 13th century." The Parish web site [www.stjohnsegglescliffe.org.uk/B2Worshipfolder/Worshipstjhistory.htm] [accessed 13 March 2012] notes: "The font, which until 1910 stood in the centre aisle near the South door, is late 12th or early 13th century. " The British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-59231-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-egglescliff] [accessed 13 March 2012] reports: "font cover in the style associated with Bishop Cosin of Durham." The font is noted in Ryder (1993 rev. 2004) [www.durham.anglican.org/userfiles/file/Durham%20Website/Diocese%20and%20Admin/Care%20of%20Churches/Egglescliffe%20Archaeological%20Assessment.pdf] [accessed 13 March 2012]