Sandwich No. 3 / Sandwic / Sandwice

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 May 2018)

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view of church exterior in context

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 January 2018 by Colin Smith

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 January 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 May 2018)

view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 January 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 May 2018)

view of font in context

Scene Description: the large wooden octagon on the back wall is the sounding board of an earlier pulpit

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 January 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 May 2018)

INFORMATION

FontID: 21766SAN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Market St, Sandwich CT13 9DA, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: The church is located on Market St, in the town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Sandwich
Date: ca. 1100?
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and the modern font in it
Church Notes: original ca. 1100 (?) Norman church probably destroyed in 1216; re-built later-13thC by Carmelites from Normandy; ; modified 14thC; further changes and major repairs in 17th, 18th, 19th and 20thC
The present font in this church is modern probably 19th-century. [NB: we have no information on the font or fonts from the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.2749, 1.3403
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 16′ 29.64″ N, 1° 20′ 25.08″ E
UTM: 31U 384233 5681704