Cockfield nr. Bishop Auckland

INFORMATION

FontID: 15904COC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located SW of Bishop Auckland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Mackenzie & Ross (1834) note: "The font is a ponderous octagonal bason of freestone". Whellan (1894) [transcribed in http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Cockfield/ [accessed 27 January 2010] informs that this church "was considerably restored" in 1868.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, freestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Mackenzie, Eneas, An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county palatine of Durham: comprehending the various subjects of natural, civil, and ecclesiastical geography, agriculture, mines, manufactures […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mackenzie & Dent, 1834