Meldon

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15891MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century / 19th century, Early English? / Victorian?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WSW of Morpeth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Font Notes:
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, vol. 2: 19