Harbledown No. 1 / Harbledon / Herbaldoune / Herbaldowne

INFORMATION

FontID: 11491HAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located just W of Canterbury
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Noted somewhat vaguely in Gough (1792): "That at Harbledon is a kind of cup on (I think) four pillars, like that at Hempsted in Gloucestershire." [cf. Index entry for the Norman font at Hempsted, Gloucs., and an entry for the later font at the Hospital of St. Nicholas, also in Harbledown]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Gough, Richard, "Description of the old font in the Church of East Meon, Hampshire, 1789: with some observations on fonts", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 183-209; r["References"]