Hernhill

INFORMATION

FontID: 16037HER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Faversham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1450?
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Perpendicular
Church Notes: the 12th century church may have been dedicated to St Stephen; replaced by this mid-15th century church dedicated to St Michael
Glynne (1877) notes: "The font has a plain octagonal bowl, on an octagonal stem" [NB: we have no information on the font from the original mid-12th century church; this font may date from the mid-15th century replacement church]

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