Tal-y-llyn No. 2 / Talyllyn / Tàlyllyn

INFORMATION

FontID: 10215TAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Chapel of St. Mary [originally from an earlier church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Wales
Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd
Directions to Site: Located off the A4080, near Aberffraw
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, against the S wall of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Noted in Lewis' Dictionary of 1849: "the font, placed against the southern wall of the nave, belonged to a more ancient edifice on the spot" [NB: this description may have referred to the Norman basin now in Llanfaelog St Maelog's]. Described in the Civic Trust Wales web site [www.civictrustwales.org] as a baptismal font of the 15th century. [cf. Index entry for Tal-y-llyn No. 1 for the Norman font now in Llanfaelog St Maelog's]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831