Kenchester nr. Credenhill / Kentchester / Magna Castra

INFORMATION

FontID: 15759KEN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Old School Lane, Kenchester, Herefordshire, HR4 7QJ

Country Name: England

Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 2 km WNW of Credenhill, 9 km WNW of Hereford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Historical Region: Hundred of Grimsworth

Century and Period: 3th - 5th century [re-cut], Anglo-Roman [altered]

Font Notes: Click to view

Romilly Allen (1888) mentions this font and the one at Wroxeter as being "made out of Roman columns". Tyack (1899) writes: "At Kentchester the font is supposed to be a section of a Doric column from the Roman station at Magna Castra".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 512202 5770098

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Allen, J. Romilly, "On the Antiquity of Fonts in Great Britain", XLIV, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1888, pp. 164-173; p. 172

Tyack, George Smith, Lore and legend of the English Church, London: W. Andrews, 1899