Llanhilleth / Llanhiddel / Llanhiledd
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06989LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Illtyd [originally from the earlier church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Illtyd [aka Illtud]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Blaenau Gwent
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Pontypool, about 25 km N of Cardiff
Historical Region: formerly Monmouthshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 10th - 12th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?
Font Notes:
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Kelly's Directory of 1901 reports "an ancient font" in this church. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. [NB: a broken square vessel raised on a quadrangular pedestal block is illustrated inside the Church of Hyledd at Llanhilleth, near Pontypool; the object is badly damaged and missing one whole side. Not known whether or not this is the Norman font referred to in Bond].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 490604 5727380
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Kelly, Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1901