Trecwn / Llanfair Nant y Gof / Llanfairnantygof / Llanvair Nant y Gof / Llanfair Nant y Gove

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10298TRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1695
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km S of Fishguard
Font Notes:
A font in this church is noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Square font, looking medieval but dated 1695".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Davies, Oliver, "Old Churches in County Louth", XI (1945), The Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, 1945, pp. 22-23, fig. 1; pl. IV, no. 7; p. 486
  • 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. 456