Durham No. 7 / North Bailey

INFORMATION

FontID: 15906DUR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located in the North Bailey, near the cathedral
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Century and Period: , Medieval
Mackenzie & Ross (1834) describe a modern font, "a neat pedestal and bason of marble", without a mention of the earlier font(s). Whellan (1894) [transcribed in http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/DurhamStMaryleB/index.html [accessed 27 January 2010 notes: "The previous edifice, which was of great antiquity, having fallen into decay, was replaced by the present church, situated on the east side of the North Bailey, built of hewn stone, and opened for service in 1685 […] and is supposed to occupy the site of the White Church, or Tabernacle of Boughs, in which St. Cuthbert's body rested till the completion of the cathedral. The west tower was erected in 1702 by the parishioners, and repaired after its original plan in 1827. Since 1874 this church has been greatly improved." [NB: this church became redundant in the 1970s, later to become the Heritage Centre of Durham [http://www.durhamheritagecentre.org.uk/]]

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