Bolam

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view of font

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view of basin - interior - drain

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © P. B. Le Couteur, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken by P. B. Le Couteur [http://map-of-babel.blogspot.com/] [accessed 20 January 2010]
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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © P. B. Le Couteur, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken by P. B. Le Couteur [http://map-of-babel.blogspot.com/] [accessed 20 January 2010]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION [requested] NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15870BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century [re-tooled?], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km W of Morpeth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Additional Comments: altered font / disappeared font
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1957): "Font. Plain, octagonal". The tower is said to be Anglo-Saxon, but the rest of the fabric Norman. The font consists of a plain octagonal basin with tapering sides, raised on a plain octagonal pedestal. The basin appears to have been re-cut and/or re-tooled, but is probably medieval, though not likely Saxon or Norman. [NB: we have no information on the original font of this church, unless the present one is a total re-shaping of it]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: not lined

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957, p. 101