Bidborough
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16006BID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of Tunbridge Wells, S of Tonbridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl on stem". The octagonal basin appears plain, rounded at the underbowl and lead-lined. [A recent illustration of the font found at http://www.bidboroughchurch.org/baptisms.php [accessed 11 February 2010]].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 203