Lynesack
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15836LYN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1848?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NNW of Staindrop
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 573456 6054209
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.629954, -1.862107
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 37′ 47.83″ N, 1° 51′ 43.58″ W
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: 617