Skenfrith / Ynysgynwraidd

INFORMATION

FontID: 04378SKE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Church of St. Bridget

Church Patron Saints: St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]

Country Name: Wales

Location: Monmouthshire

Directions to Site: Located about 10 km NW of Monmouth, right next to the boundary with Herefordshire.

Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire

Date: 1661

Century and Period: 17th century(mid)

Font Notes: Click to view

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?]

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

Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928