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 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 church exterior in context
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)
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)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21766SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1100?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter [redundant]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
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
Church Address: Market St, Sandwich CT13 9DA, UK
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The church is located on Market St, in the town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Sandwich
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1100 church here)
Font Notes:
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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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and the modern font in it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 384233 5681704
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.2749, 1.3403
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 16′ 29.64″ N, 1° 20′ 25.08″ E