Frinstead / Fredenestede / Frensted / Freyhanestede / Frinsted

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15984FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Dunstan
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dunstan
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located between Maidstone and Sittingbourne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne: "The font is moderrn and bad" [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s)]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 339816 5683913

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 162