Llanelly

INFORMATION

FontID: 12398LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Ellyw [or St. Elli]
Church Patron Saints: St. Ellyw [aka Elli]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Font Notes:
Noted in Jeffrey L. Thomas' 'History & description of Llanelly Parish Church, Breconshire, Wales' (2004) as a baptismal font "without mark or lettering", dating from the first building period of the edifice, 1175-1250 [NB: source [www.tgomasgenweb.com/llanelly_church.html] gives the location as "in (old) Breconshire"]. Thurlby (2006) writes: "The fonts at Llanelly, Llanfair Cilgedin (second font) and Llanfihangel Pntymoile may also be Norman."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006