Stranton / Strannton / Straynton

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17971STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1120?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17541981
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Stranton Green, Stranton, Cleveland, TS24 7QT
Site Location: Durham, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of Hart, Throston and Hartlepool
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Durham
Historical Region: Stockton Ward
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the 12th-century one?)
Font Notes:
There is no mention of a font in the descriptions of this church by Hutchinson (1794), Surtees (1823) or Fordyce's (1857). The Victoria County History (Durham, vol. 3, 1928) notes: "The church of Stranton was granted by Robert de Brus to the priory of Guisborough between 1119 and 1129. [...] The earliest portion of the building is the lower part of the east and south walls of the chancel, which is apparently of 12th-century date [...] The church has been much tampered with from time to time [...] The font and pulpit and all the fittings are modern." The modern font is located inside the church, east end, south aisle. [NB: we have no information on the original font of the 12th-century church]

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 40' 49.02" N, 1° 12' 42.71" W

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, vol. 2: 284-285
  • Hutchinson, William, The History and Antiquities of the county palatine of Durham, Durham: Printed and published by G. Walker, Sadler Street, 1823, vol. 3: 39
  • Surtees, Robert, The History and Antiquities of the county palatine of Durham, London; Durham: Nichols and Son, and Bentley; G. Andrews, 1820, vol. 3: 124