Thurnham No. 2 / Thornham / Turneham

INFORMATION

FontID: 12011THU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located 6 km ENE of Maidstone
Font Location in Church: In the N porch
Century and Period: , Medieval
Hussey (1852) notes "a stoup in the north porch, in good preservation, with a cypher, W, surmounted by a crown, on a shield beneath it" [NB: unlikely that the royal symbol would refer to either William I (1066+) or William II (1087+) considering the form in which is represented -- perhaps a later prince of that name? -- also, since the symbol appears below the stoup, it may not necssarily help in dating the stoup itself]. [NB: Hussey uses 'Thornham' but gives 'Turnahem' as the entry in Domesday Book. The Topographical Dictionary of 1831 notes that 'Thornham' is the "old spelling"]. [cf. Index entry for Thurnham No. 1 for a baptismal font listed for this church]

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