Hamsterley
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15827HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17529947
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 12 km NW of Bishop Auckland, S of Wolsingham
Font Notes:
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Noted in Mackenzie & Ross (1834) and in Fordyce (1857) after them: "The baptismal font is a small circular basin", without a hint of a date. The church appears to be chiefly of the 13th century, but with a Normal portal.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Fordyce, William, The History and Antiquities of the county palatine of Durham; comprising a condensed account of its natural, civil, and ecclesiastical history […], Newcastle, London and Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co., 1857, vol. 1: 614
- 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: 274