Offham nr. Maidstone
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Image Source: Detail of an engraving in Archaeology (vol. XI, pl. XII)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05504OFF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located just S of the M20, about 12 km S of Rochester, 10 km W of Maidstone
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes:
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Not mentioned in Glynne (1877). Listed in Bond (1908) as one of several "very small size fonts" raised on tall pedestals. It probably dates from the 15th or 16th century. Engraving in Archaeology (vol. XI, pl. XII)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th - 18th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: square pyramidal, with crocketed arrises and a foliated finial
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908