Bexley / Bix
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12085BEX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1684
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century[basin only] [composite font], Baroque [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Bexley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Manor Rd, Bexley DA5 3LX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1322 523457
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A223, about 6 km N of Swanley
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Helmestrei [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: composite font / altered font [cf. FontNotes] -- disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church in it)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Bexley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ4973/bexley/] [accessed 28 June 2025]; ite reports a church in it. Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. The bowl is dated 1684, and is on a medieval stem."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: [1684]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 156