Faversham No. 2 / Favresham / Favreshant / Fefresham / Feversham / Preston-next-Faversham
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Catherine's Church, Preston next Faversham, Kent"
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Catherine's Church, Preston next Faversham, Kent - East end"
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Image Source: digital photograph 16 April 2008 by [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/769272] [accessed 7 October 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Catherine's Church, Preston next Faversham, Kent - Font"
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Image Source: digital photograph 16 April 2008 by [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/769267] [accessed 7 October 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24980FAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Catherine
Church Location: Preston Ln, Faversham ME13 8LQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: : +44 1795 530553
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B2041, 15-16 km WNW of Canterbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1115766] notes: "The church has pre-Conquest origins, but only loose fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture survive. By the C12 it had a S aisle. The SE tower is C13. The chancel was rebuilt in the late C13 and remodelled c.1320. There was some further work in the later middle ages, including widening the S aisle. The church was greatly altered in the mid C19"; there is no font mentioned in the entry which usually means the font is modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.310278, 0.892222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 18′ 37″ N, 0° 53′ 32″ E
UTM: 31U 353094 5686439