St. Georges-super-Ely / Sain Siorys / Saint George-super-Ely
Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a circle - 8
Scene Description: one on each side of the basin [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04413GEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: Newman (1995) indicates that its ornamentation is like the one on the font at Pendoylan. Also St. Fagans
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George in St. Georges-super-Ely
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the S door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A432, on the S bank of the River Ely/Elay, about 8 km W of Cardiff
Historical Region: Cwmwd of Is Caeth, Cantref of Brenhinol / Hundred of Dinas Powys
Font Notes:
Click to view
Described and illustrated in Orrin (1988): "The font [...] is octagonal and appears to be of 15th-century date". In Newman (1995) also as being probably of the 15th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 479744 5703482
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.482132, -3.291703
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 28′ 55.67″ N, 51° 28′ 55.67″ N
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995, p. 562
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 90, 367; ill. on p. 89