Dixton / Dixton Newton / Dukeston / Llandydiwg / Newton-Dixton

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2009 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1399915] [accessed 10 July 2012]
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view of font and cover in context

"Interior of Dixton Church after the flood in 1910"; the font is visible in the foreground, behind some benches
Scene Description: "Interior of Dixton Church after the flood in 1910"; the font is visible in the foreground, behind some benches
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Image Source: B&W photograph "Interior of Dixton Church after the flood in 1910. Monmouth Museum Identification Number: M1957" issued/published in Wikipedia by Andrew Helme [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_Dixton_Church_after_a_flood.jpg] [accessed 10 July 2012]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05929DIX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter [formerly St. Tydiwg's]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter [formerly St. Tydiwg, Tadeocus,Tydiuc]
Church Address: Dixton Lane, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3SY
Site Location: Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2 km NNE of Monmouth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford [was in the 19thC in the Diocese of Llandaff]
Historical Region: Hundred of Skenfreth -- formerly Monmouthshire
Font Notes:
A baptismal font in this church is described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as "an early example of the introduction of the octagonal shape in a font of tub-like form". The basin appears octagonal with plain tapering sides, and it had a flat wooden cover, octagonal and with metal decoration, ca. 1910 [NB: a later font, said to have originally been from this church, is now in nearby Buckholt - cf. Index entry]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 520691 5740913
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.818667, -2.699811
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 49′ 7.2″ N, 2° 41′ 59.32″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 28