Ryton, Church of Holy Cross, font

HER Number:
15325

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton, Church of Holy Cross, font

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Font

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Dimensions of font: depth of bowl 1 foot 10.75 inches, depth of shaft 1 foot 8 inches, depth of base 7.5 inches, depth of step 6 inches, diameter of bowl 3 feet, diameter of shaft 1 foot, diameter of base 1 foot 7 inches, diameter of step 5 feet 3 inches. Peter Ryder, June 1993 - The Font has a large but plain circular bowl, carried on a clustered shaft. It is probably of 13th century date; references to a new font being installed in 1662 (Briggs & Dugdale 15) imply that it had been removed from the church, and must have been returned at some subsequent date.

Easting:
1510

Northing:
6483

Grid Reference:
NZ15106483

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Dr J.F. Hodgson, 1912, Font in Ryton Church, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Vol VI, p 217-218; Peter Ryder, June 1993, THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, R Y T O N, An Archaeological Assessment; Briggs, D.A. & Dugdale, N.I.A Guide to Holy Cross Church, Ryton-on-Tyne (n.d., 1950s)