Church of Holy Cross, font

HER Number

15325

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Church of Holy Cross, font

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Font

Site Type: Specific

Font

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

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

415100

Northing

564830

Grid Reference

NZ415100564830

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)