Northfleet No. 2 / Norfluet
INFORMATION
FontID: 12121NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Botolph
Church Patron Saints: St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]
Church Location: 10 Vicarage Dr, Northfleet, Gravesend DA11 9HA, UK -- Tel.: +44 7783493964
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the B2175 [aka High St], in the NW suburbs of Gravesend, on the S shore of the Thames estuary
Historical Region: Hundred of Tollingtrough
Font Location in Church: By the S door
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Northfleet [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ6274/northfleet/] [accessed 28 November 2019]; it reports a church in it. The St. Botolph's Parish web site [www.stbotolph-northfleet.org.uk/History.htm] notes: "By the South door near the font is the ancient Holy Water stoup." [cf. Index entry for Northfleet No. 1 for a baptismal font of the late 14th or early 15th century in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.44302,
0.3352
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 26′ 34.87″ N,
0° 20′ 6.72″ E
UTM: 31U 314813 5702461
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone