Upper Hardres / Hardres Magna / Great Hardres

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11502HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Upper Hardres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S side of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Canterbury CT4 6EN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1227 709312
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B2068, 7-8 km S of Canterbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
Noted in Gough (1792) as a "square and plain" baptismal font. No font mentioned in Glynne's entry (1877) for this church. Torr (1930) writes: "Of Norman date, the fonts at Upper Hardres, Westwell, Tilmanstone and Fordwich (without angle shafts) may serve as examples of the arcaded bowl type". In Kelly's Directory of 1934 as a Norman font. Noted in Newman (1976): "Font.Norman. Square bowl, wuth five sunk arches per side, standing on five shafts." 'A brief history' of Upper Hardres in the parish web site [www.stelling-minnis.co.uk/church-peterpaul.htm] informs that "the Norman font remains to this day" and that the font was probably moved to the south side in the 14th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

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; p. 189fn
  • Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Kent, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1934
  • Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 479
  • Torr, V.J., "Aldington font", 42 (1930), 223-224, Archaeologia Cantiana, 1930