Northfleet No. 2 / Norfluet
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12121NOR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Botolph, Northfleet
Font Location in Church: By the S door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]
Church Address: 10 Vicarage Dr, Northfleet, Gravesend DA11 9HA, UK -- Tel.: +44 7783493964
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B2175 [aka High St], in the NW suburbs of Gravesend, on the S shore of the Thames estuary
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Tollingtrough
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31U 314813 5702461
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.44302, 0.3352
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 26′ 34.87″ N, 0° 20′ 6.72″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone