Nonington / Nonnigton / Nonnyngton / Nonyngton / Nonyntone / Nunyngton

Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl of doubtful character". Noted in Newman (1976): Font. Dated 1662. Still medieval in shape, but quite simple." The basin has octagonal shallow sides, one of which has "1662" carved on it, and a round underbowl, raised on a cylindrical stem, and a round-to-octagonal lower base; the stem has a roll moulding at each end. Rather than 'medieval', as Newman claims, it is just awkward. A recent [2001] picture of this font can be found at Kent Resources [www.digiserve.com/peter/noning-sm1.htm]. The Parish' own history page [www.nonington.com] notes, this font "doubtless took the place of an earlier font of which nothing is known."