Llangelynin / Llangelynnin

INFORMATION

FontID: 05724LLA
Church/Chapel: Old Parish Church
Country Name: Wales
Location: Gwynedd
Directions to Site: Located on the coast of Cardigan Bay, just north of Aber Dysyni, about 35 km north of Aberystwyth
Historical Region: formerly Caernarfonshire and/or Merionethshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century,
Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a baptismal font in this church "certainly not older than the fourteenth century"; the same source mentions an ancient holy well in this same location. The Welsh Civic Trust web site [www.civictrustwales.org] dates it to the 14th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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