Shadforth / Shadford

INFORMATION

FontID: 15833SHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Church Patron Saints: St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]
Church Location: 1 Church Lane, Shadforth, Durham DH6 1LF
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located near Pittington, E of Durham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1839?
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Noted in Fordyce (1857): "The font is an octagonal bason on a cylindrical pedestal". [NB: unless the font was transferred from another church, it probably dates from the consecration of the church in 1839 -- we found no record of an earlier church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 598704 6069387

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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