Elsdon

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15877ELS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Cuthbert%27s_Church,_Elsdon
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in Billsmoor Park, at the point where the B6341 turns 90 degrees northwards
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
The Church of Englad website [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/elsdon-st-cuthbert/] [accessed 20 January 2010] notes: "Built about 1400, in the shape of a cross, the church is dedicated to St Cuthbert whose body is said to have rested here a short time in 875, during the wanderings of the Monks of Lindisfarne. This church replaced a small Norman building." [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the medieval font(s) of this church]