Sellindge / Sedlinges / Sellinge
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B01: design element - motifs
Scene Description: very faint, on the sides of the basin; they appear to be quatrefoils and circles on alternate sides; probably re-tooled rather than worn
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Image Source: digital photograph by Pam Connell in [www.kentarchaeology.org.uk]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pam Connell, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph by Pam Connell in [www.kentarchaeology.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12130SEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Sellindge
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 3 Whitehall Way, Sellindge, Ashford TN25 6ET, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1303 470791
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A20, 10 km SE of Ashford
Historical Region: Hundred of Street [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: [cf. FontNotes] altered font: re-tooled? -- disappeared font(s)? (the one(s) from the two churches reported in Domesday
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Sellindge [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TR0938/sellindge/] [accessed 28 June 2025]; it reports two churches in it. Described in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl, on a circular stem, decorated with new illuminations." Octagonal basin with verticals sides showing a large motif on each, very faded, perhaps re-tooled? chamfered underbowl; plain cylindrical stem; square lower base. The font or parts of it could be 13th century. A recent photograph [2002] of this font may be found in the Kent Archaeological Society web site [www.kentarchaeology.org.uk]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 211