Gellygaer / Gelligaer / Gelli-Gaer
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12386GEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cadocus, Gellygaer [aka St Catwg's Church]
Font Location in Church: reported inside the church in 1849
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Catwg%27s_Church,_Gelligaer
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cadoc [aka Cadocus, Cadog, Catawg, Catwg the Wise]
Church Address: Gelligaer, Wales, UK
Site Location: Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4254, E of the A570, 23 km N of Cardiff
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff
Historical Region: formerly Glamorganshire -- Hundred of Caerphilly
Font Notes:
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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, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47828] [accessed 7 December 2006]