Hartley in Sevenoaks

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12100HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Hartley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Hartley, Longfield DA3 8DY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1474 703819
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of the B260, 8-10 km SE of Dartford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Purbeck marble base and eight small shafts. Encircled quatrefoils on the eight faces of the bowl. A marriage of the C13 and the C15, it seems." The web site of the Parish Church [www.fawkhamandhartley.org.uk], however, notes that the font font was made between 1350 and 1400, and that it was moved in 1974 to the current location in a recess of the south wall, just west of the chancel [NB: presumably the font would have been originally nearer the south door].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble) [lower base only]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 315