Birling / Byrling / Berlinge
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16050BIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A228 and the M20, SW of Padlesworth, NW of Maisdstone
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is a plain octagon." John Vigar's Kent Churches' website [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Birling] [accessed 17 February 2010] notes: "the font cover, carved by daughters of the [Nevill] family in the nineteenth century. Each section is initialled on the inside so that you can see who carved it." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century, but this font is not the original]
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. 294