Woodnesborough
Image copyright © Peter Fairweather, 2002
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Fairweather, 2002
Image Source: www.churchmousewebsite.co.uk
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 05743WOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Blessed Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located near Sandwich, equidistant -20 km- from Canterbury and Dover.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Peter Fairweather, Lincoln for the colour image of this font; he suggests that the material might be alabaster, although it looks more like a chalky limestone.
Font Notes:
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Octagonal mounted font probably of the later (17th) rather than the earlier (16th) century; it coul be even 18th century, especially considering the basin mouldings and the shallowness. The central drain of the basin well appears to have been blocked. [We are grateful to Peter Fairweather, Lincoln for the colour image of this font; he suggests that the material might be alabaster, although it looks more like a chalky limestone]]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal