Tyne and Wear HER(12092): Wallsend, Church Bank, Church of St. Peter, font - Details
12092
N Tyneside
Wallsend, Church Bank, Church of St. Peter, font
Wallsend
NZ36NW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Font
Medieval
Structure
Medieval font resited from Holy Cross Church. The font from Holy Cross church was found in Wallsend Burn in the 1800s and taken to Carville Hall. Mr Wigham Richardson gave it to the church in 1891.
3097
6671
NZ30976671
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/146; W. Richardon, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend, pp 123-144; North Tyneside Council, Environment, Regeneration & Housing Directorate, 2005, St. Peters, Wallsend Draft Conservation Area Character Statement