Willesborough / Wilsbotough / Wyvelesberg

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15951WIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near, and now a suburb of, Ashford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is octagon, standing on a shaft formed of four clustered shafts, and there are detached shafts at each of the alternate angles." [NB: Hasted (1798) notes the church existed already in Edward II's time [1307-1327]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 73
  • Hasted, Edward, The History and topographical survey of the County of Kent [...], Canterbury: Printed for the author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-, vol. 7: 566-576 / [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63443] [accessed 5 February 2010]