Gwnnws / Llan Wnws / Llanonose / Llanwnnws

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 November 2009 by Nigel Brown [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1600736] [accessed 19 January 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06344GWN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: St. Gwynws' Church / Eglwys Gwnnws
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114773947
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gwynws [aka Gwnnws]
Church Notes: 8thC(?) stone moved later into the porch; present church 1829
Site Location: Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4340, 10-11 km N of Tregaron, 20 km SE of Aberystwyth, about 35 km NE of Lampeter
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Davids
Historical Region: Hundred of Ilar -- formerly Cardiganshire
Font Notes:
Meyrick (1808) mentions the church and an ancient monument in its churchyard, but not the font. Ditto Lewis (1840) who describes the church as ancient. Evans (1914) mentions a 19th-century font in this church. Tyrrell-Green (1928: 40) reports the surviving fragments of an old baptismal font from this church. The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/268121/details/st-gwnnws-church-tynygraig] [accessed 19 January 2020] notes: "During the medieval period the church was a chapelry [...] A small, cylindrical font bowl lying loose in the porch is medieval in date. [...] Most of the interior fittings date from the later nineteenth century, including the octagonal oolite font".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 436595 5795682
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.307816, -3.929994
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 18′ 28.14″ N, 3° 55′ 47.98″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Evans, J.T., The Church Plate of Cardiganshire, Stow-in-the-Wold: James H. Halden, 1914, p. 84
  • Meyrick, Samuel Rush, The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan [...], London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808, p. 304
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 40