Paddlesworth nr. Snodland

INFORMATION

FontID: 12008PAD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Benedict
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A228, 1-2 km W of Snodland
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Early English?
Hussey (1852) writes: "The church has long been desecrated [...], the interior fittings, including the font, have been taken away", and notes that the style of the building is Early English. A photograph of St. Oswald's in the English Heritage NMR archives from December 1970 [ref. BB70/09866 CD no.: 00259] has the following caption: "A redundant Norman church now in use as a barn [...]". A more recent reference [unavailable] puts the building in the care of Redundant Churches Trust, but there is no information available on the whereabouts of the missing font. [NB: not to be mistaken with Padlesworth/Paddlesworth St. Oswald's. also a small early church -- cf. Index entry]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Hussey, Arthur, Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey mentioned in Domesday Book and those of more recent date [...], London: John Russell Smith, 1852