Womenswold / Wimlingswold / Womenjole

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15998WOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A2, 11 km SE of Canterbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl on a circular stem."

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. 189