Willesborough / Wilsbotough / Wyvelesberg

INFORMATION

FontID: 15951WIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Kent, South East

Directions to Site: Located near, and now a suburb of, Ashford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Hasted, Edward, The History and topographical survey of the County of Kent [...], Canterbury: Printed for the author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-