Cresswell

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15849CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1836?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, beneath the chancel arch
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26290410
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km N of Ashington
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Font Notes:
Wilson (1870) reports a font under the chancel arch. It must be of the same date as the church, "a new edifice, built in the Norman style". [NB: there appears not to have been an earlier church in this locality]

REFERENCES

  • 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. 186