Ryton nr. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Image Source: "Fragment of original font from Holy Cross Church, Ryton" taken from a glass plate negative in the collection of W.A. Cocks of Ryton; the photograph is undated
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11511RYT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Cross, Ryton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross_Church,_Ryton
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Address: Station Bank, Ryton Village, Ryton NE40 3QP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 191 413 4592
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B6317, about 10 km W of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Additional Comments: [emailed Lastingham parish asking for images of Hutton on the Hole font and any info available on it -- 16 March 2007]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hutchinson (1823): "The font is a large ancient stone bason." Similarly described in Mackenzie (1834), who places the font "in the space below the tower". Described in Murray (1873): "The font is round, on an octagonal pillar." [NB: the ISEE Gateshead site [http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk] [accessed 15 March 2007] displays a record and image of "Fragment of original font from Holy Cross Church, Ryton" taken from a glass plate negative in the collection of W.A. Cocks of Ryton; the photograph is undated -- We do not know whether or not this is part of the same font reported in Hutchinson ca. 1823, or even if it is the only part left, especially since the web site of The Lastingham Group of Churches [www.lastinghamchurch.org.uk/church_guides/guide_sch.htm] [accessed 16 March 2007]. in its description of St. Chad's church, a chapel-of-ease of Lastingham, in Hutton-in-the-Hole, reports "a font and lectern from Ryton Church"]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Hutchinson, William, The History and Antiquities of the county palatine of Durham, Durham: Printed and published by G. Walker, Sadler Street, 1823, vol. 2: 552
- Mackenzie, Eneas, An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county palatine of Durham: comprehending the various subjects of natural, civil, and ecclesiastical geography, agriculture, mines, manufactures […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mackenzie & Dent, 1834, vol. 2: 182
- Murray, John (the firm), A handbook for travellers in Durham and Northumberland, London: John Murray ; printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1873, p. 73