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

INFORMATION

FontID: 17966MID
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Middleton St George, Darlington DL2 1AY
Country Name: England
Location: Durham, North East
Directions to Site: Located E of Low Dinsdale, S of Long Newton, 8 km ESE of Darlington
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Historical Region: Stockton Ward
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1160? [basin only]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
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].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 599209 6041618

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-03-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.