Cliffe / Cliffe-at-Hoo / Cliffe at Hoo / Cliffe nr. Rochester / Clive / Cloveshoo

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16066CLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the Hoo peninsula, 5 km up the B2000
Additional Comments: moved font: the placing of the cover bracket marks the earlier position of the font
Font Notes:
Glynne (1877), who visited the church in 1857, notes: "The font has an octagonal bowl with concave sides, on a buttressed stem; it has a wood cover." Loyd (1877) writes: "The font, which was removed some years since from its accustomed place, has an octagonal bowl, with concave sides, on a buttressed stem. An iron bracket in the western pillar of the south arcade of the nave, from which the font cover was suspended, remains to mark its original position."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Notes: part of the font cover hardware still remains in its original position in the western pillar of the shouth arcade [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 349
  • Lloyd, Iorwerth Grey, Rev., "The Parish Church of Cliffe at Hoo", XI, 1877, Archaeologia Cantiana, 1877, pp. 145-159; p. 147