Sevington / Seivetone / Seyueton
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Sevington. 12th Century church with nave, chancel and south aisle and tower with broach spire of wooden shingles. Evidence of old rood loft and stairway. There are several floor brasses which are missing which dated from about 1374 to 1442. There are fragments of 14th C glass. The church was quite rural until recently when a major road skirting Ashford was built nearby. Church is locked."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 5 August 2012 by Julian P Guffogg [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3068404] [accessed 16 January 2024]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary, Sevington, Kent - Chancel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2002 by John Salmon [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/324096] [accessed 16 January 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06933SEV
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Bad Munstereifel Rd, Sevington, Ashford TN24 0LD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7583 418386
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A2070, 2-3 km SE of Ashford twon centre, about 30 km WNW of Dover
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Longbridge [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Church Notes: 12thC Norman church with later modifications
There is an entry for Sevington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TR0340/sevington/] [accessed 16 January 2024]; it mentions a priest and a church in it. Glynne (1877) notes: "The font is an octagonal basin upon five shafts without capitals, the central one being the smallest, and the whole on an octagonal basement." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TR0476039251] notes: "Parish church. C12, extended C13 and C14, restored 1877 and 1936 [...] Octagonal font on 5 piers with C19 cover".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.130871,
0.909964
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 7′ 51.14″ N,
0° 54′ 35.87″ E
UTM: 31U 353763 5666455
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877
