Ridley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12125RID

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter, Ridley

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter

Church Address: Ridley Hill, New Ash Green, Sevenoaks TN15 7EU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1474 872209

Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located just S of Ash [Ash-cum-Ridley], 6-7 km N of Wrotham

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury

Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. C19. A handsome Dec-cum-Perp piece, absurdly too large for this church." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

REFERENCES

Taylor, Richard, How to read a church, London: Rider (Ebury Press, Random House), 2004, p. 468-169