Chatton

INFORMATION

FontID: 15862CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Cross
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Wooler
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 18th century
Font Notes:
The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes: "The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, is a stone edifice in the Gothic style, and contains several beautiful stained-glass memorial windows. The register commences 1713", but does not mention a font. Wilson (1870) states that the church "is a modern edifice, built, originally, in the likeness of a substantial shed or barn […] The font is modern; and stands in the south-east angle of the nave."

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