Font in St Nicholas's Church, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK
N 52° 20.954 W 001° 34.928
30U E 596575 N 5800828
The font in the Church of St Nicholas in Kenilworth is located at the west end of the church just inside the fine main door which is Norman and from the nearby Abbey after its dissolution in 1538.
Waymark Code: WM9H0A
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/21/2010
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All that remains of the original Norman font is the base. It is likely that it was smashed by Cromwellian soldiers during the English Civil War. After the Restoration the Church Warden's accounts for 1664 record the expenditure of 7/6p for a replacement font. This replaced the wooden font which had been used since the "ancient" one was broken. The cover was given to the Church in 1914 as a memorial to William Ledbrook.
The font has been in several locations around the church and was positioned in its present location in 2003.