Skenfrith / Ynysgynwraidd
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04378SKE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1661
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bridget [aka St. Bride]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Church Address: 5 Orchard Cl, Skenfrith, Abergavenny NP7 8UG, United Kingdom
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4521, about 10 km NW of Monmouth, right next to the boundary with Herefordshire.
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Font Notes:
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Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928: 31) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. Described in Newman (2000: 532) simply as a plain octagonal font dated 1661 [by inscription?]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 514345 5747601
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.879, -2.7916
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 52′ 44.4″ N, 2° 47′ 29.76″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 532
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 31