Wouldham

INFORMATION

FontID: 12346WOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A228, N of Aylesford, 5 km SSW of Rochester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "a Norman font" in this church. Not mentioned in Glynne (1877). Torr (1930) writes: "Of Norman date, the fonts at [...] Higham, West Peckham and Woudham [...] may serve as examples of the [...] plain type".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Torr, V.J., "Aldington font", 42 (1930), 223-224, Archaeologia Cantiana, 1930