Middleton St. George / Middeltone / Middletone-one-Row / Mideltone / Over Middletone

The Victoria County History (Durham, vol. 3, 1928) notes: "The site is an ancient one, but no portion of the existing structure is older than the latter half of the 13th century. The only parts of this date now standing are the chancel arch and the south and west walls of the nave. [...] The font is ancient and consists of a circular tublike sandstone bowl on a stepped base and high octagonal plinth. The bowl may be of late 12th-century date." The VCH entry footnotes: "The font is figured and described in Trans. Dur. Arch. Soc. vi, 241. For plate see Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle, iv, 131." [NB: The VCH entry for this parish informs that the Church of St. Lawrence is Victorian, of 1871].