Cray / North Cray
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16063CRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints and St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints & St. James
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just NNE of Foots Cray
Historical Region: formerly Kent
Font Notes:
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Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is a plain octagon, on stem of like form." The Parish factsheet [http://www.allsaintsandstjames.org.uk/St%20James%20-%20Factsheet.pdf] [accessed 18 February 2010} notes: "octagonal stone font is thought to be over 600 years old".
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. 344