Llandysul / Llandyssil / Llandyssul / Sulgwyn
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Tysul Church, Llandysul. The church, in its present form is described as being of early English style. A notable feature of the church is its square tower with local stones being used. The church tower was built in four stages over the next two centuries."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2005 by Cered [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/20639] [accessed 11 January 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Wood, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2013 by Peter Wood [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3473099] [accessed 11 January 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06338LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Tysilio / Tysul / Eglwys St Tysul
Church Patron Saints: St. Tysul [aka Sulgwyn / Tysilio[ [5th-6thC Welsh saint]
Church Location: Church St, Llandysul SA44 4QP, UK -- Tel.: +44 1559 363874
Country Name: Wales
Location: Ceredigion
Directions to Site: Located off the A486-B4476-B4336 confluence, 12 km E of Newcastle Emlyn, about 30 km E of Cardigan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids
Historical Region: Hundreds of Troedyraur and Moythen / Moyddyn [in part] -- formerly Cardiganshire
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Church Notes: 13thC church
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this church in Meyrick. Evans (1914) reports that the straw-thatched roof of this church "was removed and replaced by one of slating" between 1780 and 1783, and that "a complete restoration" was undertaken in the 1860s; Evans mentions no font in it. Tyrrell-Green (1928: 40) reports the surviving basin of an old baptismal font from this church. The entry for this church in COFLEIN [www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/400349/details/st-tysuls-church-llandysul] [accessed 11 January 2020] mentions no font in it.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.0416, -4.307
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 2′ 29.76″ N, 4° 18′ 25.2″ W
UTM: 30U 410359 5766471
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [basin only]
REFERENCES
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928