Sheldwich
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16029SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1070
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century (late?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: local info [www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=113052] [accessed 3 October 2011]: St James is said to have been founded ca. 1070
Church Address: Sheldwich, Kent ME13 0LT
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A251, 3 km S of Faversham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is modern." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the medieval font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 352249 5682582
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 230