Longframlington / Long Framlington

The Northumberland Communities website [http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Longframlington.htm] [accessed 25 January 2010] notes: "Walter de Framlington built Longframlington Church, St. Mary the Virgin, around 1190. It was originally dedicated to St Mary and St. John the Baptist, but by the time of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, it had become a single dedication. It was a part of Felton Parish served by a curate, but in 1891 in was created into a parish church. One of the finest features of the church is the Norman chancel arch, with three detached pillars on each side. Due to similarities in the features, it is believed that the builders of this church were also responsible for Brinkburn Priory situated two miles away in the loop of the Coquet. William Bertrum, first Baron Mitford, founded the priory at the end of the 12th century. His master mason was Osbert Colutarius, who built many churches throughout Northumberland. It passed into lay hands after the dissolution of the monasteries and then fell into neglect until the Cadogan family restored it in the nineteenth century. Today it is managed by English Heritage and open to the public in the summer months. It is also the venue of the Brinkburn Summer Music Festival, an annual event held over two weekends in July." [NB: there is no mention of a font in the above entry, nor have we been able to find any information on the origfinal font of the 12th-century church]