Bromley

Noted in 'The environs of London' (1796): "The font is square; of Norman architecture; the sides are ornamented with rows of plain circular arches". Noted and illustrated in Storer (1807-1811), with an engraving by John Greig, where the square basin appears raised on a broad quadrangular base made of bricks, and a stone plinth of the same shape: "The Font, which is an excavated block of Purbeck, is elevated by brick-work, and bears undoubted evidence of its high antiquity, the basin is hollowed to a size sufficiently large for emersion [sic]. The Font is nearly square, the upper portion being rather larger than the lower, and the sides are ornamented with the plain semicircular arches of the Norman architecture." Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports simply "an ancient Norman font" in this church. Referred to in Hone (1827) as an "old Norman font". Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is early, of square form, and of black marble, moulded with plain circular arches. The pedestal is modern." Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period made of black marble. In Newman (1980): "Font. Norman, on a modern base that does not fit. Square marble bowl, with four shallow sunk arches per side."