Kenderchurch

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design element - motifs - chevron
view of church exterior - southeast view
INFORMATION
FontID: 09632KEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Kenderchurch, Herefordshire HR2 0BE
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 16 km SW of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No entry for Kenderchurch found in the Domesday survey. RCHM Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. I: 152) notes: "Font: of sandstone with circular tapering bowl with projecting rim having top roughly incised with cheveron [i.e., chevron]-ornament and hole for cover fastener, plain cylindrical stem and square to octagonal base, late 12th or early 13th-century."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.950508,
-2.870783
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 57′ 1.83″ N,
2° 52′ 14.82″ W
UTM: 30U 508881 5755541
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: hole for cover fastener present in the upper rim
REFERENCES
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934