Shadforth / Shadford
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15833SHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1839?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]
Church Address: 1 Church Lane, Shadforth, Durham DH6 1LF
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Pittington, E of Durham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Notes:
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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, vol. 1: 411