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view of font and cover

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2007 by Rjgibb [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FontStGiles.JPG]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15953WOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located between Frinsted and Bricknor, 18 km N of Maidstone
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, attached to / built into a pillar
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Not a very common type of font, consisting of a polygonal [hexagonal, counting the side attached to/built into the pillar] basin raised on a base of the same shape made of multiple blocks; the inside well is round and lead-lined. The wooden cover is round and flat, with metal ring handle, appears modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]