Kingston Buci / Kingston by Sea
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06526KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Julian
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian
Church Notes: "Kingston gets its second name from Ralph de Buci who held the mannor after the Conquest" (Whiteman, 1994: 93)
Site Location: West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
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Described in Whiteman (1994: 93) among this church's interesting furnishings, a 12th-century square sandstone font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Whiteman, Ken, Ancient Churches of Suffolk, Seaford, East Sussex: S.B. Publications, 1998, p. 93