Doddington nr. Wooler
Results: 5 records
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © T N Towill, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 February 2014 by James T N Towill [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3841069] [accessed 14 April 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "The interior of the Church of St Mary and St Michael, Doddington. The church building largely dates from the 13th century and has 19th century additions."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Graham Robson, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 August 2013 by Graham Robson [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3615162] [accessed 14 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15837DOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [altered], Norman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Michael
Church Address: Doddington, Northumberland NE71 6AL
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B6525, 4 km NNE of Wooler
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Additional Comments: altered font (present font is re-cut Norman but dated 1723)
Font Notes:
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There is no individual entry for this Doddington in the Domesday survey. Wilson (1870) writes: "The font has the date 1723 carved upon it." Pevsner (1957) writes: "Circular, dated 1723, but in fact Norman, that is using a Norman font-bowl with cable-moulding and shallow arcading." The English Heritage entry [Listing NGR: NT9957232233] (1986) notes: "Re-cut Norman font with capitals of columns to former blind arcading." The Church of England site [www.achurchnearyou.com/doddington-st-mary-st-michael/ [accessed 20 January 2010] notes that the present church was "Built on the site of a twelfth century church, the present church building has undergone various alterations – not least the reversal of the interior axis, so that the chancel is in the west and the baptistry in the east."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 562527 6160186
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.583626, -2.008063
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 35′ 1.06″ N, 2° 0′ 29.03″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: [1723]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957, p. 138
- Wilson, Frederick Richard, An architectural survey of the churches in the Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, in the County of Northumberland, containing plans and views […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed and photo-lithographed by M. and M. W. Lambert, 1870, p. 78