Meldon

INFORMATION

FontID: 15891MEL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WSW of Morpeth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 13th century / 19th century, Early English? / Victorian?
Hodgson (1858) notes: "the baptismal font is [raised] on a similar platform behind the great door in the west end". [NB: the church was restored in 1849, and we have no information on whether the font noted in Hodgson is the original of the 13th-century or a 19th-century replacement]

REFERENCES

Hodgson, John, A History of Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed by T. & J. Pigg, 1858