Uzmaston / Ecclesia Ville Osemandi / Ecclesia villa Osmundi / Ismiston / Osmundeston
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2019 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6160621] [accessed 13 February 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2019 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6160622] [accessed 13 February 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10301UZM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Ismael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29505561
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Isfael [aka Ismael, Ishmael, Ysmail] &/or St. David
Church Address: Uzmaston, Haverfordwest SA62 4AB, UK
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2.5 km SE of Haverfordwest
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids
Historical Region: Hundred of Dungleddy
Additional Comments: painted font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The Architect (issue of 22 November 1873) reports the re-opening of this church after a two-year closure; it notes that "a Norman font and stoup" were retained from the old church. The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) reports a cushion-capital font in this church. Noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) on a list of mostly Welsh fonts consisting of a square basin decorated with scallop motif (includes one from Bristol St Philip's and another from Thornbury, Gloucs., both bordering with Wales); T-G (ibid.) also mentions a rope motif on it. Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. C12 scalloped square bowl, circular pedestal with cabling." Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". Th entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/414797/details/st-ismaels-church-uzmaston] [accessed 13 February 2020] notes: "Dating to at least the early 13th century, St Ismael's Church, the parish church of Uzmaston, is dedicated to the son of Budic, King of Armorica (France) [...] In 1230, Uzmaston Church was one of those granted to Wizo the Fleming and his son and grandson (both named Walter) to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem at Slebech. The church was virtually rebuilt in 1870-73; renovated in 1991-92; and further restored in 1999"; no font mentioned in it. The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300082962-church-of-saint-ismael-uzmaston-and-boulston#.XkVTnUd7lrQ] [accessed 13 February 2020] notes: "Anglican parish church mostly rebuilt 1873 [...] Massive C12 square scalloped font bowl with rope-moulding around top of round shaft. Painted white. Carved font cover 1939."
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.7912, -4.9462
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 47' 28" N, 4° 56' 46" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1939
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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. 1135
- Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 490
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 79, 87