Widdrington
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15856WID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Widdrington, Northumberland NE61 5EB
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A1068, N of Ashington, 13 km NNE of Morpeth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Wilson (1870) describes the church as "a relic of fourteenth-century workmanship […] much larger than we now see it […] The south aisle of the chancel is used as a baptistery. A slim-stemmed font stands nearly in the centre of it." Whellan (1885) notes: "Widdrington was formerly included in the parish of Woodhorn, but, in 1768, it was admitted to the enjoyment of separate and distinct parochial privileges". [NB: Pevsner (1957) dates the north arcade to the 12th century, but we have no information on the font of the original church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 588970 6124091
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.25527, -1.600213
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 15′ 18.97″ N, 1° 36′ 0.77″ W
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957, p. 323
- 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. 166