Acrise

INFORMATION

FontID: 16041ACR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A260, near Swingfield, 10 km NNE of Folkstone, WNW of Dover
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
There is no mention of a font in Glynne (1877), who visited the church in 1868. The Friends of St. Martin's Church, Acrise [http://www.stmartinsacrise.co.uk/history.html] [accessed 17 February 2010] inform: "St Martin’s was probably built by Ansketel shortly after the Domesday entry and replaced an earlier Saxon church. Whilst much of the work is now hidden by later 14th century alterations, parts of original windows and priest’s door remain testimony to the early Norman origin." [NB: we have no information on any font in this church]

REFERENCES

Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877