Llantrisant nr. Newport

INFORMATION

FontID: 04377LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter, St. Paul and St. John
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter, St. Paul & St. John
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
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 Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1673?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?),
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