Pembury

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12124PEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter, Pembury [Old St Peter's]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Old Church Rd, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells TN2 4BN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1892 711126
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The old church is located off the A228, 2 km N of the present town
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Glynne (1877) reports a new font in this church. Newman (1980) wonders if "R. Wheeler of Brenchley" supplied the sedilia and the font ca. 1867 as part of his restoration [NB: the church, though originally from the Norman period, was chiefly re-built in the 14th century; we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 185
  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 451