St. John Lee nr. Hexham No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 15901JOH
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John of Beverley
Church Patron Saints: St. John of Beverley
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located near Hexham, S of Hadrian's Wall
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
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