Lancaut / Llan Cewydd
INFORMATION
FontID: 00226LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: orig. at St. James' church, Lancaut [now at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Gloucester]
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Cognate Fonts: Frampton-on-Severn, Siston, Oxenhall, Tidenham, and Sandhurst (Gloucestershire). All the same mould.
Church Notes: The Church of St. James, dating to the 12th century, was abandoned in the 1860s
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