Manorbier No. 2 / Maenorbyr / Maenorbýr / Manorbeer

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10241MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Church,_Manorbier
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the South Pembrokeshire Heritage Coast, off (S) the A4139, 8-9 km W of Tenby
Font Notes:
Two fonts noted in this church in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Described in Lloyed, etc. (2001) as the second baptismal font in this church: "The smaller octagonal bowl is presumably late medieval." [cf. Index entry for Manorbier No. 1 for the re-tooled Norman basin in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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. 654
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 275