Westwell nr. Ashford / Welle

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 20

five on each side of the square basin; the plain columns have neither capitals nor bases
Scene Description: five on each side of the square basin; the plain columns have neither capitals nor bases
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 6 September 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5528350] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption; "Dating from around 1250, it contains a splendid Jesse Tree window."
Scene Description: Source caption; "Dating from around 1250, it contains a splendid Jesse Tree window."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 26 May 2014 by Jules & Jenny [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Mary's_church,_Westwell,_Kent_(14279839652).jpg] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "St Mary's church, Westwell, Kent"
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Westwell, Kent"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2014 by Jules & Jenny [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Mary's_church,_Westwell,_Kent_(14278536231).jpg] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of church interior - window

Source caption: "Stained glass from around 1250. The top half is original, the lower half imitation using old glass."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stained glass from around 1250. The top half is original, the lower half imitation using old glass."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2014 by Jules & Jenny [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jesse_Tree_window,_St_Mary's_church,_westwell_(14258736936).jpg] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of font

Source caption: "St Mary, Westwell - Font"
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary, Westwell - Font"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 20 April 2015 ny John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4472448] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of font

Source caption: "Westwell, St. Mary's Church: c12th font with modern supports 1"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Westwell, St. Mary's Church: c12th font with modern supports 1"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 6 September 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5528343] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of font

Source caption: "Westwell, St. Mary's Church: c12th font with modern supports 2"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Westwell, St. Mary's Church: c12th font with modern supports 2"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 6 September 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5528346] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of font

Source caption: "Westwell, St. Mary's Church: c12th font with modern supports 3"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Westwell, St. Mary's Church: c12th font with modern supports 3"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 6 September 2017 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5528350] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "The font is 12th century, made of Bethersden marble, now standing on a modern support. It was once discarded and used as in a farmyard."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The font is 12th century, made of Bethersden marble, now standing on a modern support. It was once discarded and used as in a farmyard."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2014 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3997046] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Westwell. The 13th century font is of Purbeck marble and was recovered from a farmyard."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Westwell. The 13th century font is of Purbeck marble and was recovered from a farmyard."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pam Fray, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 27 September 2011 by pam fray [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2627407] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 12345WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Westwell Ln, Westwell, Ashford TN25 4JX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1233 712150
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the M20 or A20, 5-6 km NW of Ashford, about 20 km SW of Canterbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Calehill
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Westwell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ9947/westwell/] [accesssed 1 January 2022]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Torr (1930) writes: "Of Norman date, the fonts at Upper Hardres, Westwell, Tilmanstone and Fordwich (without angle shafts) may serve as examples of the arcaded bowl type". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TQ9901247488] notes: "C13, except C16 south porch" [no font mentioned]. [NB: the material of this font is identified in some sources as 'Bethersden marble', a fossiliferous freshwater limestone found in the Weald Clay; this 'marble' [not a true marble in geological terms] changes name according to the nearest village where it is quarried (Bethersden, Purbeck, etc.), and is often known generically as 'Sussex marble']. Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "bowl with five panels on each face; there are no subsidiary shafts" [source given: Mr. V.J. Torr].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.1919, 0.847423
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 11′ 30.84″ N, 0° 50′ 50.72″ E
UTM: 31U 349586 5673367

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Bethersden marble)
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead lining

REFERENCES

Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975
Torr, V.J., "Aldington font", 42 (1930), 223-224, Archaeologia Cantiana, 1930