Cosheston

INFORMATION

FontID: 10093COS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Pembroke
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Cognate Fonts: This replica font was designed imitating the Norman font at Lamphey
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) mentions a font in this church. Described in Lloyd et al. (2004): "Font, based on the Norman one at Lamphey, but taller and polychromatic. It stands in a W end baptistery with brightly tiled floor and dado." [cf. Index entry for Lamphey] [NB: the church fabric dates from the 13th century, but we have no information on its original font].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 369457 5728959

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