Leysters / Laysters

INFORMATION

FontID: 09740LAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew [said to be originally from Pudleston St. Peter's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Leysters / Laysters is located 9 km NE of Leominster. Pudleston is located 6.5 km E of Leominster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Leysters / Laysters
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] [base later medieval] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 103): "Font: round tapering bowl, 12th-century, on later mediæval base, octagonal stoped out to square, font said to have come from Pudleston." [NB: the Herefordshire inventory uses spelling 'Laysters'; town is now more commonly known as 'Leysters']

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934