Mereworth / Marourde

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12116MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [aka St. Laurence's], Mereworth
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: The St, Mereworth, Maidstone ME18 5LY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1622 814568
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just S of West Peckham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Littlefeld [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font of this church or the earlier Domesday-time church here
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Mereworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ6653/mereworth/] [accessed 28 June 2025]; it reports one church in it. Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Marble; c.1746." [NB: must be the font from the re-building of this church in the mid 1740s; the church fabric goes back to the 12th century, and a church is reported in the Domesday survey, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 317063 5682004
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.26, 0.378056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 15′ 36″ N, 0° 22′ 41″ E

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 4202