Weardale St. John / St. John's Chapel
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15835WEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century, Georgian
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel of St. John
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km W of Stanhope, 19 WNW of Wolsingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Notes:
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Noted in Fordyce (1857): "The baptismal fonts at the west, near the entrance" [NB: Fordyce (ibid.) notes that the chapel is ancient, but does not give details or a date for the font; the chapel is believed to date from the 18th century, and we found no record of an earlier church or chapel here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 552794 6065813
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: 673