Great Chart / Chart Magna

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12098CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Great Chart
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Great Chart, Ashford TN23 3AY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1233 620433
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the M20, near Singleton, 3-4 km W of Ashford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of Canterbury
Font Notes:
Newman (1980) notes only the font cover: "Flat, with a large C14 roundel of very pretty flowing tracery patterns."

LID INFORMATION

Date: 14th century [partly?]
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 305