Capel Teilo, in Kidwell / Cydwell, Pembrey / Chappel Tylo

INFORMATION

FontID: 05731CAR
Church/Chapel: Old St. Teilo's Church / Ty Capel Teilo
Church Location: Capel Teilo Rd, Trimsaran, Kidwelly SA17, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
Directions to Site: The ruins site is located 3 km ENE of Kidwelly;Pembrey is located 8-10 km W of Llanelli, 15 km SE of Carmarthen, about 25 km WWN of Swansea
Historical Region: Hundred of Kidwelly
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Tyrrel-Green (1928: 12): "At Capel Teilo in the parish of Pembrey (Carmarthenshire) there may have been a baptistery chapel. Though nothing of the building now remains it is said that traces of it were to be seen a few years ago. The name obviously preserves the memory of a sanctuary of St. Teilo, and within a few yards of its site, to the south, was a spring known as Pistill Teilo." There is a later report on the excavated site by G.R. Jones confirming the location and details of the former chapel [http://www.kidwellyhistory.co.uk/Articles/CapelTeilo/CapelTeilo.htm] [accessed December 2017]

REFERENCES

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