Ponteland

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15939PON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 15th century, Medieval

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

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom

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

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle

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]