Badlesmere / Basmere

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16030BAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of Leveland, 8 km S of Faversham
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne: "The font has aplain octagonal bowl on a stem". The Family Forest website [http://www.family-forest.co.uk/familytree/places/badlesmere-church.shtml] [accessed 16 February 2010] notes: "The font stands in a recess which was once a doorway, the outlines of which can clearly be seen on the outside, and is a plain octagonal on a stem with cylindrical mouldings."

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. 230