Higham nr. Rochester

INFORMATION

FontID: 12105HIG
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [formerly a priory church -- now [2006] redundant and in the Churches Conservation Trust]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located between Gravesend and Rochester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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
Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980
Torr, V.J., "Aldington font", 42 (1930), 223-224, Archaeologia Cantiana, 1930