Scremerston

INFORMATION

FontID: 15853SCR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Scremerston, Berwick, Northumberland, TD15 2RB
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SSE of Berwick-on-Tweed
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Historical Region: formerly Durham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1842?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes: "The church is an ancient structure, and once belonged to Holy Island", but does not mention a font. Wilson (1870), however, states: "Scremerston church was built in 1842" and mentions a font at the west end of the nave. [NB: we have found no record of an earlier church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 563227 6177380

REFERENCES

The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868
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