Gellygaer / Gelligaer / Gelli-Gaer

INFORMATION

FontID: 12386GEL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cadocus
Church Patron Saints: St. Cadoc [aka Cadocus, Cadog, Catawg, Catwg the Wise]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Caerphilly
Directions to Site: Located 23 km N of Cardiff
Historical Region: formerly Glamorganshire
Font Location in Church: reported inside the church in 1849
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of Wales (1833 and 1849) as a "font of the eleventh century"in the church of St Cadocus, in Gellygaer [source: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47828] [accessed 7 December 2006].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1833