Ellingham nr. Alnwick

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15876ELL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Maurice
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26565884
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1, N of Alnwick, S of Belford, near the coast
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Additional Comments: altered font? Missing base? Moved font?
Font Notes:
The Church of Englad website [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/ellingham-st-maurice/] [accessed 20 January 2010] notes: "There has been a church on this site since at least 1150 and possibly earlier. The present church however was built by the Reverend Charles Thorp in 1862, to replace an earlier (1805) church which had collapsed completely. It was built in the Early English style, a simple cruciform, with a very high roof ridge. There are three survivals of earlier churches – a piscine in the south wall of the sanctuary, a lancet window in the east wall of the south transept and a font bowl a the front of the nave." [NB: not to be mistaken with Eglinham, also with a church dedicated to St. Maurice]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone