Bellingham

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view of church exterior - context - well

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cuddy's Well, down a steep narrow alley behind the church, is alleged to have been used by St Cuthbert for baptisms, as a result of which its water retains miraculous healing powers."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 February 2009 by Andrew Curtis [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1143264] [accessed 18 May 2017]

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view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Cuthbert's Church, Bellingham. Great stone roof."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 April 2010 by wfmillar [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1822637] [accessed 18 May 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "12th- or early 13th-century parish church, which probably replaced an earlier building. The very distinctive stone barrel-vaulted roof dates from the 17th century; during restoration work in 1843 three cannonballs were found lodged in the roof-space."

Image Source: digital image taken 22 September 2015 by Barabbas1312 [whttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Cuthbert's,_Bellingham_(interior).jpg] [accessed 18 May 2017]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image taken 22 September 2015 by Barabbas1312 [whttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Cuthbert's,_Bellingham_(Nave).jpg] [accessed 18 May 2017]

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital image taken 22 September 2015 by Barabbas1312 [whttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Cuthbert's,_Bellingham_(Nave).jpg] [accessed 18 May 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15866BEL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert

Church Patron Saints: St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]

Church Location: Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2JP

Country Name: England

Location: Northumberland, North East

Directions to Site: Located off the B6320, in the Northumberland National Park, NNW of Hexham, SW of Rothbury, NW of of Newcastle upon Tyne

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 17th century, Post-Reformation / Restoration

Church Notes: original 12thC church?; re-built 17thC -- famous St Cuthbert's Well [aka Cuddy's Well], the water from which appears to be still used for baptisms at St. Cuthbert's Church

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There is not entry for Bellingham in the Domesday Survey. The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes: "The church, a small ancient edifice of the middle of the 13th century, is dedicated to St. Cuthbert. It stands on high ground by the river, and was twice destroyed by fire during the border wars. When rebuilt the third time, the nave was formed entirely of stone, without any woodwork; and the roof, which is finely groined, is an object of great interest, being the only one of the kind in the United Kingdom. On the north side is a Saxon doorway", but does not mention a font. The present font is noted in Pevsner (1957): "Bowl on octagonal shaft with simple geometrical C17 decoration". The present font is described in the web page of the North Tyne and Redesdale Team [https://sites.google.com/site/ntyneredesdalechurches/home/team-churches/bellingham-st-cuthbert] [accessed 18 May 2017]: "The post-Reformation font, an octagonal stone pillar, has a wooden carved cover with metal circlet inscribed in memory of those from the parish who died in the 1939 to 1945 World War. The cover was completed in 1952, under the supervision of the Newcastle firm of architects, Edwards and Manby. The base was made by Mr Hedworth, deservedly described by the architect as “a very good craftsman” and the carving of Mary and the infant Jesus was by Mr G.M. Dudley, Department of Fine Art, King’s College, Newcastle. The total cost, including the architects’ fee, was £28.13.0d – evidently this fine piece of work was a labour of love! "

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.14288, -2.257254

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 8′ 34.37″ N, 2° 15′ 26.11″ W

UTM: 30U 547343 6110943

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1952

Material: wood,

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957