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Image copyright © Carol Harmond, 2006
Photograph and permsiion to reproduce received (e-mail of 14 September 2006)
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carol Harmond, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Carol Harmond in 2006
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permsiion to reproduce received (e-mail of 14 September 2006)
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carol Harmond, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Carol Harmond in 2006
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permsiion to reproduce received (e-mail of 14 September 2006)
INFORMATION
FontID: 12165HAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the A26, 6-7 km NE of Tonbridge (dir. Maidstone)
Century and Period: 11th century (early?), Pre-Conquest
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Carol Harmond, of www.bastonfamily.co.uk, for the photographs of this modern font.
Font Notes:
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Glynne (1877) notes: "The font is new". Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated on alternate sides with a floral(?) in a deeply-set Ogee window, moulded underbowl; raised on a plain octagonal shaft that becomes square at the lower base, with spurs at the angles. Wooden cover, octagonal and flat; contemporary? [NB: the original church is believed to have been built ca. 1018, but we have no information on the earlier fonts of this church].
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-02-09 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.