Llanrhystud / Llanrhystyd

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of font and cover - northeast side

Scene Description: a re-tooled(?) medieval basin on a modern pedestal base

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view of font and cover in context - east side

Scene Description: a re-tooled(?) medieval basin on a modern pedestal base

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view of font and cover in context - south side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10050LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Restitutus / Eglwys Sant Rhystud
Church Patron Saints: St. Restitutus [aka Rhystud, Rhystyd] [bishop of Carleon-on-Usk, orig. from Llydaw]
Church Location: Church St, Llanrhystud SY23 5DQ, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Ceredigion
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A487, about 13 km SW of Aberystwyth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids
Historical Region: Hundred of Ilar -- formerly Cardiganshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, N side, towards the W end
Century and Period: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: Lewis (1833) writes that the early church here was destroyed by the Danes in 987; the National Gazetteer (1868) gives the date of the event as 988 [NB: this same source informs that part of the older church dates from the 14th century or earlier. The same source informs that St Restitutis, also known as St. Rhystud, was "sometime Bishop of Carleon-on-Usk and an immigrant from Letavia, or Llydaw. (Llydaw was, until recently, thought to be Britanny in France, but scholars have tended recently to place it much nearer, perhaps S.E. Wales.)"]
No entry found for this church in Meyrick (1808). Evans (1914) mentions no font in it. The entry in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/281/details/st-rhystuds-church-llanrhystud] [accessed 14 January 2020] notes: "The church of St Rhystud [...] was built in Decorated style in 1852-4, on the site of the medieval parish church [...] Fittings include a medieval octagonal plain font on a nineteenth-century base". The Llanrhystud web site [www.llanrhystud.co.uk] reproduces descriptive notes extracted from a leaflet by Mathew M. Griffiths, of unknown date and now in the Ceredigion [i.e., Cardiganshire] Archives: "The font is an octagonal stone bason with lead lining, and also belonged to the former church. It is now mounted on a modern stone pillar."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.304907, -4.146599
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 18′ 17.66″ N, 4° 8′ 47.75″ W
UTM: 30U 421823 5795571

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining