Michaelston-super-Ely No. 1 / Llanfihangel-ar-Elái / Llanvihangel-ar-Elái

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04403MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, centre of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Michaelston super Ely, United Kingdom
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A4232, about 8 km W of Cardiff [NB: not to be mistaken with Michaelston-le-Pit SW of Cardiff]
Historical Region: Glamorgan
Font Notes:
Described in Orrin (1988): "The font, which stands in the centre of the west part of the nave, has a plain octagonal boel of 14th-century date. A plain moulding at the top of the circular stem is repeated again before the modern base which stands on a circular plinth." Noted in Newman (1995) as a "small octagonal medieval bowl on a modern circular stem."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 480859 5703148
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.47916, -3.275634
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 28′ 44.98″ N, 3° 16′ 32.28″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995, p. 449
  • Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 283