Ponteland

INFORMATION

FontID: 15939PON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Northumberland, North East

Directions to Site: Located 11 km from Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: the church goes back to Norman times and is said to have been built on a previous Anglo-Saxon building, but we have no information on the medieval font(s) -- baptismal records at St. Mary's go back to 1602 -- 1975 faculty for the removal of the font base reported in the Northaumberland County Council website [www3.northumberland.gov.uk] [accessed 4 February 2010]