Ifield nr. Gravesend / Yelesfelde / Iuelda
Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2008
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view of church exterior - west end
Scene Description: the modern finishing of the Norman church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Mark Collins [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Kent/Ifield/Ifield-St-Margaret.htm] [accessed 18 February 2010]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2008 by Mark Collins [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Kent/Ifield/Ifield-St-Margaret.htm] [accessed 18 February 2010]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 16061IFI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located just S of Gravesend, on the S side of the A2
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Rochester
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.roughwood.net, for his photographs of church and modern font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Hasted (1778- ) writes: "The church, which is the smallest in the diocese, is dedicated to St. Margaret. It consists of an isle and chancel; it was rebuilt in the year 1596, and was again repaired and beautified in 1638", but made no mention of a font. Nor did Glynne's (1877) on his visit to this church in 1847. John E. Vigar's Kent Churches website entry for this church [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Ifield] [18 February 2010] notes: "The church is Norman in origin but all is covered externally by depressing pebbledash." A modern font is noted and illustrated in the Roughwood British Churches Album entry for this church [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Kent/Ifield/Ifield-St-Margaret.htm] [accessed 18 February 2010]. The font is octagonal, a Victorian (?) rendition of the basin Perpendicular design. The wooden cover is modern, probably 20th-century. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 317483 5698911
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: low octagonal pyramid with knob finial; modern [20th-century?]
REFERENCES
Hasted, Edward, The History and topographical survey of the County of Kent [...], Canterbury: Printed for the author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-