North Sunderland
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15859SUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1833?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km S of Bamburgh, 13 km SE of Belford,
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Font Notes:
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The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes: "The church, dedicated to St. Paul, was built by Lord Crewe's trustees in 1833", but does not mention a font. Wilson (1870) mentions a font on the north side of the west end of the nave. The font probably dates of the consecration of church itself, 1833.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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. 63