Llandrillo-yn-Rhos / Llandrillo-Yn-Rhôs

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04436LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Early English?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Trillo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Trillo
Church Address: Llandudno Rd, Rhos on Sea, Colwyn Bay LL28 4YS, United Kingdom
Site Location: Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A55, about 2 km up the coast from Colwyn Bay
Font Notes:
Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1849 as a Norman font. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a Norman font decorated with nail-head motif. Described in Hubbard (1986) as a "bowl with a band of nailhead" and dated to the 13th century

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 449528 5907154
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.311171, -3.757536
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 18′ 40.22″ N, 3° 45′ 27.13″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Hubbard, Edward, Clwyd (Denbigshire and Flintshire), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1986, p. 194
  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1833, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47847] [accessed 13 December 2006]
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 80