Snodland

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16051SNO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [composite]
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 on the A228, between Maidstone and Rochester
Additional Comments: altered font?
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is a plain octagon." Noted in http://www.snodlandhistory.org.uk/localhis/churches.htm [accessed 17 February 2010] states: "The font base too is of great antiquity", from the medieval church […] The font cover is in memory of James Cramp, Christmas Day, 1935. (A 'William Cramp' was buried on 18 June 1934.)" It adds that, in 1982, "the font has been moved to the front of the nave".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern / 1935
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 295