Higham nr. Rochester

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12105HIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Higham [formerly a priory church -- now [2006] redundant and in the Churches Conservation Trust]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: St Mary's, Church St, Higham, Church Street, Rochester ME3 7LS, United Kingdom
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A2 / A289, 5 km SE of Rochester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is attached to the west pier of the nave, its bowl is square, chamfered at the angles, the stem cylindrical with four short legs at the angles, upon a square plinth." Torr (1930) writes: "Of Norman date, the fonts at [...] Higham, West Peckham and Wouldham [...] may serve as examples of the [...] plain type". Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Square bowl with chamfered corners, on five circular shafts. Probably no earlier than the C13."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 343
  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 326
  • Torr, V.J., "Aldington font", 42 (1930), 223-224, Archaeologia Cantiana, 1930