The parish church of St Mary is of mostly later medieval date in a large historic village in the west of Kent, 4 miles NE of Sevenoaks. The sole Romanesque feature may be a jewelled-cut font of uncertain date.

There was a church in Kemsing from the 12thc. and very likely earlier. There is good evidence that the original, medieval dedication was to St Edith (Dunkin 1872-73, 148--49).

The font is often claimed to be Romanesque, but the fieldwork team found no positive evidence for this. Its date therefore remains an open question.