Rookhope

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15834ROO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1822?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, opposite the NE entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Stanhope, in Weardale, N side
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Notes:
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, vol. 1: 669
  • Whellan, [T.?], Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle), London: [printed for Whellan], 1894