Bobbing

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view of church exterior - southeast view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16000BOB
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: Sheppey Way, Bobbing, Kent, ME9 8PN
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located 2 km NW of Sittingbourne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Milton [aka Middleton] -- Lath of Sherwinhope [aka Scray, Wiwarlet]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No entry for Bobbing found in the Domesday survey. Halsted (1798) writes: "The church of Bobbing was given by Henry III. in his 18th year [i.e., 1234], to the monastery of St. Mary and St. Sexburgh, in the Isle, of Shepey [...] The church, which is dedicated to St. Bartholomew, consists of two small isles and two chancels, having a tall spire steeple at the west end of it, in which are five bells." The font at the time of his visit to this church was noted in Glynne (1877): "The font has a plain octagonal bowl, on stem of like form."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.353692,
0.710045
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 21′ 13.29″ N,
0° 42′ 36.16″ E
UTM: 31U 340549 5691647
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
Hasted, Edward, The History and topographical survey of the County of Kent [...], Canterbury: Printed for the author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-