Durham No. 5
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Durham: St Oswald. This Grade II* church is mediaeval in origin and was reworked in 1834. Church Street is in the foreground."
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Image Source: digital photograph 17 April 2017 by John Sutton [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5354168] [accessed 17 September 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11510DUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Oswald
Church Patron Saints: St. Oswald of Nothumbria
Church Location: Church St, Durham DH1 3DQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 191 383 0830
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located off Church St., Durham, to the E of the Cathedral, on the E bank of the Wear river loop
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hutchinson (1823): "The font is a large stone bason". The Victoria County History (Durham, vol. 3, 1928) notes: "The church of St. Oswald [...] The site is an ancient one and fragments of pre-Conquest sculptured stones have been found, (fn. 1) but the oldest part of the existing structure dates only from the end of the 12th century [...] in 1834 it underwent a somewhat drastic restoration [...] a second restoration in 1864 [...] The interior was restored in 1883 [...] The earliest parts of the building are the chancel arch and the four easternmost bays of the nave arcades, which date from about 1195 [...] The font is modern and stands below the tower." [NB: we have no information on the medieval font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.771389, -1.572778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 46′ 17″ N, 1° 34′ 22″ W
UTM: 30U 591812 6070286
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-03-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Hutchinson, William, The History and Antiquities of the county palatine of Durham, Durham: Printed and published by G. Walker, Sadler Street, 1823