Llanddewi Velfrey / Llandewi Velfrey / Llanddewi Effelffre / Llan Ddewi Welffri

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10207LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. David
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29496432
Church Patron Saint(s): St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A40, 5 ENE of Narbeth, about 15 km NNE of Tenby, near the Carmarthenshire border
Additional Comments: altered font: repaired; replacement base
Font Notes:
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) as a font of the Norman period. Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. Much-repaired-square bowl, probably Norman." Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

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. 424
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 246
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188