Llantrisant nr. Newport
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04377LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1673?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter, St. Paul and St. John
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter, St. Paul & St. John
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A449, 5 km SSE of Usk, 13 km NNE of Newport [not to be mistaken with its homonyms in Rhondd. [form. Glamorgan] and Anglesey]
Font Notes:
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Described in Newman (2000) as an octagonal font with a "bold, childish inscription on the bowl: Iohn Iones 1673"
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 508203 5724095
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: "Iohn Iones 1673"
Inscription Source: a/p Newman (2000)
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 358