Kenchester nr. Credenhill / Kentchester / Magna Castra

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15759KEN
Object Type: Other
Object Details: column, Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: 3th - 5th century [re-cut], Anglo-Roman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Old School Lane, Kenchester, Herefordshire, HR4 7QJ
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2 km WNW of Credenhill, 9 km WNW of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimsworth
Additional Comments: re-cycled Roman column
Font Notes:
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, p. 157