Ash / Ash-juxta-Wrotham / Ash nr. Wrotham / Eisse

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12084ASH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Ash
Font Location in Church: Isnide the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Church Rd, Ash TN15 7HD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1474 872209
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just 5-6 km N of Wrotham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Axton [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Glynne (1877), in his 1863 visit, reported: "a small new octagonal font" in this church. Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Presumably Perp[endicular]. Sunk regular panels on the stem."

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. 250
  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 132