Hoo St. Werburgh

INFORMATION

FontID: 16067HOO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Werburgh

Church Patron Saints: St. Werburga [aka Werbyrgh, Werburgh] [Mercian abbess; † ca. 700AD]

Country Name: England

Location: Kent, South East

Directions to Site: Located on the Hoo peninsula, off the A228, WSW of Kingsnorth

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century [composite font?], Medieval / composite

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl, on a stem of the same shape." The Parish website [http://www.werburgh.co.uk/content/history8.aspx] [accessed 18 February 2010] notes: "The Font is Norman in part with modern additions, but the base is very 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