Ysbyty Ystwyth / Y Spytty Ystwyth / Yspytty Ystwyth [disappeared?]

Meyrick (1808) reports: "The font, which is an octangular pillar excavated, and probably once the support of a bason, has inscribed on it, D.C. 1747". Lewis' Dictionary 1833 does not mention the possible font base noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) but records one other baptismal (?) object in this church: "the church is supported by octagonal pillars, in one of which is a cavity for the purpose of a font" [NB: Lewis' dictionary editions usually distinguish between fonts and stoups]. The entry for this church in Evans (1914) mentions no font in it. Tyrrell-Green (1928) reports the surviving stem of the base of an old baptismal font from this church. The entry for Old St. John's church in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/306344/details/st-john-the-baptists-church-ysbyty-ystwyth] [accessed 22 January 2020] notes: "St John the Baptist's Church (now used as a church hall) [...] was not a parish church during the medieval period, but an upland chapelry belonging to the Deanery of Ultra-Aeron. It is thought to have been a hospice chapel of Stata Florida Abbey. By 1833 Ysbyty Ystwyth was a parish. [...] In 1833 it was described as having a screen dividing the nave (probably a rood screen). At that time the roof was reportedly supported on octagonal pillars, in one of which there was a cavity for a font. The church was rebuilt in the early-mid-nineteenth century on the same site and in the same location as its predecesssor, but retaining little from its earlier fabric. In 1872-1876 a new church (NPRN 306347), also dedicated to St John the Baptist, was constructed on the same site, but some 50m to the south-west. The former church became derelict, but was repaired and used as a school room from the early 1920s to the 1990s. After that time it reverted to church use." The entry for New St. John's church in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/306347/details/st-john-the-baptists-new-church-ysbyty-ystwyth] [accessed 22 January 2020] notes: "The new church was constructed in 1872-1876 [...] It consists of nave and chancel under a single roof, north-west porch-tower with slate pyramidal roof behind battlements, a lean-to vestry on the south-east, and lancet windows. [...] Fittings include a High Victorian circular font".