Conwy No. 3 / Conway

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 July 2000 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 02737CON

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & All Saints

Church Location: 18, Rose Hill St, Conwy LL32 8AF

Country Name: Wales

Location: Clwyd

Directions to Site: Conwy is on the shore of Conwy Bay, near Llandudno Junction; St. Mary's church is in the town centre.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bangor

Historical Region: Aberconwy & Colwyn, Carnarvon

Font Location in Church: To the side of the entrance

Century and Period: , Medieval

Church Notes: See also Conwy No. 1 and No. 2

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Bond (1985) mentions the two "fontlets" together and adds that they may have been simply mortars mistaken for stoups. On-ste notes: one of two former mortars now used as holy-water stoups and located at side of the entrance; this one is very crudely made and now sits on a tall pedestal base, obviously much too big for it; it looks like a mortar, it has pestle marks in it, ergo...

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.280417, -3.829773

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 16′ 49.5″ N, 3° 49′ 47.18″ W

UTM: 30U 444676 5903786

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Notes on Measurements: Measurements not taken.

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908