Lynesack

INFORMATION

FontID: 15836LYN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NNW of Staindrop
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the entrance
Date: ca. 1848?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Font Notes:
Noted in Fordyce (1857): "The baptismal font, near the entrance, is an octagonal bason of stone" [NB: the church was consecrated on 17 October 1848]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.629954, -1.862107
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 37′ 47.83″ N, 1° 51′ 43.58″ W
UTM: 30U 573456 6054209

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