Hever

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15943HEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Edenbridge, 50 km from London -- The church is located near the grounds of Hever Castle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
A note in The Ecclesiologist (no. VIII (1846) : 87) informs: "The leaden bowl of the ancient font of S. Peter, Hever, Kent, is lying as lumber; a new font, very small, and without drain or bowl, -in fact a mere pedestal for a basin,- having been provided." [NB: it is not clear whether the "leaden bowl" refers to the lining of the font (medieval?) or to a font actually made of lead]. There is no mention of a font in Glynne (1877)