Rookhope
INFORMATION
FontID: 15834ROO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located near Stanhope, in Weardale, N side
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, opposite the NE entrance
Date: ca. 1822?
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
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Noted in Fordyce (1857) as a plain baptismal located opposite the northeast entrance. [NB: according to Whellan (1894) the church was built ca. 1822]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 558977 6069212
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
Whellan, [T.?], Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle), London: [printed for Whellan], 1894