High Halstow

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12106HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret, High Halstow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Address: Cooling Rd, High Halstow, Rochester ME3 8SA, United Kingdom
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the A2 / M2, 3-4 km N of Hoo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Hoo
Font Notes:
Described in Torr (1930) as a baptismal font of ca. 1200. Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Plain square bowl on corner shafts linked to the central stem. By the shaft-mouldings early C13 rather than C12."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 329
  • Torr, V.J., "Aldington font", 42 (1930), 223-224, Archaeologia Cantiana, 1930