Dartford

INFORMATION

FontID: 12090DAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the M25, 25 km SE of London, just N of the M20-M25 junction
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne (1877), who visited this church in 1829: "The font is an octagon, each face sculptured with two rude Early pointed arches; the pedestal is also octagonal." Noted in Newman (1980) as a baptismal font of the 18th century [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 13th century, which would probably make Glynne's font contemporary -- has that font disappeared/been replaced by the font noted in Newman?]

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
Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980