Lancaut / Llan Cewydd
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00226LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Cognate Fonts: Frampton-on-Severn, Siston, Oxenhall, Tidenham, and Sandhurst (Gloucestershire). All the same mould.
Church / Chapel Name: orig. at St. James' church, Lancaut [now at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Gloucester]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: The Church of St. James, dating to the 12th century, was abandoned in the 1860s
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
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NB: this font is now located in the Cathedral church of St. Peter in Gloucester [see Index entry for Gloucester No. 1 for details]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 522669 5723979
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 163, 200