Kemsing
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view of church interior
Scene Description: the font and cover are partially visible on the right, behind the man with the burgundy-coloured jacket
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Image Source: digital photograph in the Friends of the Council for Kentish Archaeology [http://cka.moon-demon.co.uk/kemsing.htm]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12112KEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Kemsing
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: High St, Kemsing, Sevenoaks TN15 6NA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1732 761351
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of the M26, 8 km NE of Sevenoaks
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
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Newman (1980) notes: "Font. Peculiar prismatic shape, a Norman square one, chamfered. Font cover. Early C17."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (prismatic)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th cenury?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 348