St. John Lee nr. Hexham No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15901JOH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John of Beverley
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John of Beverley
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Hexham, S of Hadrian's Wall
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: converted into a swine's trough
Font Notes:
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Mackenzie (1825), in his remarks on the "late improvements" (a term he uses with implied criticism) carried out at St. John Lee's church, notes: "a new font has been substituted for the ancient finely ornamented one, which, it is said, is now converted into a swine's trough at Hexham". [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of that old font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- MacKenzie, Eneas, An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the County of Northumberland, and of those parts of the County of Durham situated north of the river Tyne, with Berwick upon Tweed and […], Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed and published by Mackenzie and Dent […], 1825, vol. 2: 297fn