Boughton Aluph

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UB01: symbol - shield

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06142BOU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located betwen the A28 and the A251, 6-7 km N of Ashford, 15-16 km WSW of Canterbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl, with shields on a base of like form; not of good work." Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as an early baptismal font "with concave sides and octagonal in plan". Noted in Newman (1976) as a font of the Perpendicular period.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877
Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928