Barming

INFORMATION

FontID: 16048BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A26 (Tonbridge Rd.), WSW of Maidstone
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is a small plain octagon". [NB" the fabric of the church is said to go back to the 12th century, but this font is not likely to be the original one]

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