East Williamston / Williamston East

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - Gothic arches

INFORMATION

FontID: 10031WIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Elidyr
Church Patron Saints: St. Elidyr
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
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 Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) / 13th century (early?), Medieval
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
Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004