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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INFORMATION
FontID: 12112KEM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km from Sevenoaks
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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