Walmer
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12077WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1664
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Post-Reformation
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [Old Church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Elizabeth House, 32 St Marys Rd, Walmer, Deal CT14 7QA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1304 366605
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A258, 10 km NE of Dover
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Described in Glynne (1877): "The font has a plain and small octagonal bowl." Noted in Newman (1976): "Font. Dated 1664. Quite plain." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the Norman period, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 118
- Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 483