Redmarshall / Redmershill
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 Abril 2006 by Mick Garratt [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/171000] [accessed 15 March 2012]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anthony Cairns, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 16 April 2011 by Anthony Cairns [www.flickr.com/photos/antonycairns/5624307232/in/set-72157626384168633/] [accessed 15 March 2012]
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view of basin
Scene Description: the characteristic composition of 'Frosterley marble' seen clearly on the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anthony Cairns, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 16 April 2011 by Anthony Cairns [www.flickr.com/photos/antonycairns/5624307232/in/set-72157626384168633/] [accessed 15 March 2012]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anthony Cairns, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2011 by Anthony Cairns [www.flickr.com/photos/antonycairns/5624319752/in/set-72157626384168633/] [accessed 15 March 2012]
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view of church interior - nave - west end
Scene Description: the tower arch, the organ and the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anthony Cairns, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2011 by Anthony Cairns [www.flickr.com/photos/antonycairns/5623727553/in/set-72157626384168633/] [accessed 15 March 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17969RED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]
Church Address: Church Lane, Redmarshall, Stockton-on-Tees TS21 1EP
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the road from Stockton to Whitton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Durham, vol. 3, 1928) notes: "Of the original 12th-century church the nave and tower remain [...] The font is of late 12th-century date, and consists of a circular basin of Frosterley marble on a shaft and moulded base. The Gothic cover is said to date from 1845"; the VCH illustration of the plan of the church interior shows a font at the west end of the nave, equidistant from the north and south walls. The font and an old cover are noted in Peter F. Ryder's March 1996 assessment report on this church for the Anglican Diocese of Durham
[www.durham.anglican.org/userfiles/file/Durham Website/Diocese and Admin/Care of Churches/Archaeological Assessments/Redmarshall.pdf] [accessed 15 March 2012]: "The Font, at the west end of the nave, is thought to be of late 12th-century date, and is of Frosterley 'marble'. It has a circular slightly-tapered bowl and a moulded base, and stands on a more recent square stone step. The cover is modern; an earlier cover described by .... as 17th century, and by Fordyce (1857, 230), has been removed."
[www.durham.anglican.org/userfiles/file/Durham Website/Diocese and Admin/Care of Churches/Archaeological Assessments/Redmarshall.pdf] [accessed 15 March 2012]: "The Font, at the west end of the nave, is thought to be of late 12th-century date, and is of Frosterley 'marble'. It has a circular slightly-tapered bowl and a moulded base, and stands on a more recent square stone step. The cover is modern; an earlier cover described by .... as 17th century, and by Fordyce (1857, 230), has been removed."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 603142 6049716
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.5844, -1.404
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 35′ 3.84″ N, 1° 24′ 14.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Frosterley marble)
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with ball handle-finial; modern [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Fordyce, William, The History and Antiquities of the county palatine of Durham; comprising a condensed account of its natural, civil, and ecclesiastical history […], Newcastle, London and Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co., 1857, p. 230-231