Marloes / Marlais

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10244MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter [the earlier church was dedicated to St. Mary]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 18 km WSW of Haverfordwest [Coordinates: 51° 45′ 31.04″ N, 4° 50′ 55.06″ W 51.758622, -4.848627 -- UTM 30U 372414 5735809]
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marloes
Font Notes:
Square font in this church noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Norman font, square bowl with chamfered corners and scalloped underside, round pedestal." This same source informs that: "To counter the growing Baptist cause in Marloes, an open baptistery was included at the W end of the nave." 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. 657
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 280
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188