Harrietsham / Hariardesham / Hariottson / Henry Etisham / Herietsham / Herrietsham

There is an entry for Harrietsham in the Domesday syrvey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ8753/harrietsham/] [accessed 4 July 2021]; it reports a church in it. The baptismal font in Harrietsham church is noted in Hussey (1852): "The font is of unusual shape being somewhat classical; the material Weald marble, now highly polished." Glynne (1877) notes: "One of the northern columns [of the nave] has a very high base, and to it is attached the font, which is an early one, in form a circular cup with the band of cable moulding upon a circular shaft having two courses of chevron work, and set on a raised square base." In Newman (1976): "Font. Late C12. One of the finest Norman fonts in the county. Round bowl with a bir rope moulding; cylindrical stem with chevrons in both directions; spurs on the base. Carved from a splendid shelly block of Bethersden marble. But it has surely been retooled." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TQ8692552897] notes: "Parish church. Late C11 or C12, C13, C14 and C15 [...] Finely-carved and possibly restored late C12 font of Bethersden marble and chevroned stem and large rope motif to bowl; "one of the finest Norman fonts in the country". (J. Newman: Buildings of England, North-East and East Kent, 1969)." The Kent Churches site [www.kentchurches.info], in which there is a photograph of the font in the context of the church interior, describes it thus: "Norman font [...], of Kentish, or Bethersden, marble with a heavy cable moulding around the rim [...] quite different in character to any other twelfth-century font in the county."