Little Chart / Chart Parva

INFORMATION

FontID: 15980CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin and The Holy Rood [old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & Holy Cross
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located NE of Ashford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval
Cognate Fonts: a similar font survives at nearby Charing
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is octagonal, plain and poor." [NB: the church was almost destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb on 16 August 1944 -- the old font is believed destroyed at the time]

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