Whitford / Chwitffordd

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04454WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1649
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of of St Beuno and St Mar, Whitford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Beuno & St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: possible 7thC church; re-built by Normans 11thC; re-built 14th-15thC; modified 19thC
Church Address: Whitford, Holywell CH8 9AF, United Kingdom
Site Location: Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A5026, 2-3 km NE of Gorsedd, on the W side of the Dee estuary
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Asaph
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Described in Hubbard (1986) simply as "bowl with quatrefoils, dated 1649."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 481177 5904980
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.2937, -3.2824
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 17′ 37.32″ N, 3° 16′ 56.64″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Hubbard, Edward, Clwyd (Denbigshire and Flintshire), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1986, p. 455