Hawkinge
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15968HAW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: Originally a manor church
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Folkestone
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
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Described in Glynne (1877) as a baptimal font consisting of "a small octagonal bowl on a shaft of like form […] on a raised square plinth" located at the west end of the nave.
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. 111