Hebburn / Hebron / Hepburn

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15840HEB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John?
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NW of Morpeth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebburn
Font Notes:
Wilson (1870) reports a font at the west end of the nave, but gives no other information on it. Of the church itself Wilson (ibid.) notes that the old edifice, reported at the time of Charles II [1660-1685] as being in a precarious condition, "has been rebuilt, with the exception of the chancel arch, which is ancient". The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes: "The chapel is a stone edifice, and was rebuilt in 1793", but does not mention a font.

REFERENCES

  • The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868, [transcribed in http://www.bpears.org.uk/genuki/NBL/Hebburn/Gaz1868.html [accessed 14 January 2010]
  • 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. 159