Middleton-in-Teesdale
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15905MID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B6277, NW of Barnard Castle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Notes:
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Noted in Mackenzie & Ross (1834): "The church is an antique structure […] The font is a bason cut in the top of an upright cylinder".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 559536 6053220
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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, vol. 2: 253