Sturry No. 2 / Stour-gau / Esturai

INFORMATION

FontID: 05417STU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: The Rectory, 2 The Hamels, Sturry, Canterbury CT2 0BL, UK -- Tel.: +44 1227 710320
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A28-A291 crossroads, just N of Forwich, 3 km NE of Canterbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Sturry
Font Location in Church: Close to the W side of the W piers?
Century and Period: , Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Tonge, Hucking
Mentioned in Bond (1908) as one of several stoups (?) in Kent "close to the western side of one of the western piers; and just above the rim of the font, a deep, spherical triangle, or other shape is worked in the pier at Tonge, Hucking and Sturry." Not mentioned in Newman (1976).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.2985, 1.1202
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 17′ 54.6″ N, 1° 7′ 12.72″ E
UTM: 31U 368948 5684698

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908