Long Houghton / Longhoughton

No entry found for Long Houghton / Longhoughton in the Domesday survey. The Northumberland Communities website [http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Longhoughton.htm] [accessed 25 January 2010] notes: "The parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul, contained within the deanery of Alnwick, was consecrated in the Saxon era. The chancel arch and parts of the tower arch are Saxon features that remain today. The church was rebuilt in 1080 incorporating a large embattled tower, standing nearly 45 feet high, for defence of the parishioners. The church was used in this way until into the seventeenth century" [NB: there is no mention of a font in the above entry, nor have we been able to find any information on the original font of the 11th-12th-century church]. The entry for this chuch in Historic England [Listing NGR: NU2432615100] notes: "Parish Church. Nave and west part of chancel probably mid-C11; west tower early C12; south aisle, chancel extension and perhaps upper part of tower c.1200; porch remodelled C18; upper part of tower remodelled c.1840 after a fire; restoration with partial rebuilding of aisle and chancel, and addition of vestry, 1873 by Streatfield [...] Font has older octagonal bowl on C19 panelled shaft and moulded base."