Swingfield / Swinfield / Swynefelde

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16040SWI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A260, near Acrise, NNE of Folkstone, WNW of Dover
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Hasted (1799) notes that the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem had a preceptory in Swingfield and that the "The rectory of this church was early appropriated to the hospital of St. John, which continued in the possessions of all the profits of it, till the dissolution of the hospital in the 32d year of king Henry VIII." Hasted does not mention a font. In his 1866 visit to this church, Glynne (1877) noted: "The font is new one, with an octagonal bowl" [NB: the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on its earlier font(s)]

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. 256
  • Hasted, Edward, The History and topographical survey of the County of Kent [...], Canterbury: Printed for the author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-, vol. 8: 120-126 / [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63467] [accessed 17 February 2010]