East Williamston / Williamston East

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10031WIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?) / 13th century (early?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Elidyr
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29485347
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Elidyr
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Jeffreyston, 4 km W of Saundersfoot [Coordinates: 51° 42′ 38″ N, 4° 45′ 15″ W 51.710556, -4.754167 -- UTM 30U 378805 5730303]
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) reports a Norman font in this church. Listed in Lloyd et al. (2001): "Early C13 font. Circular bowl terminating in an octagon with the elaboration of pointed arches under the rim: unexpectedly large and held together by an old iron band."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, no. 1187
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 41, 184