Meivod / Meifod
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12404MEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early?), Post-Reformation
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St.Tysilio and St. Mary, Meivod
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Tysilio & St. Mary
Church Notes: present churh 12thC
Church Address: A495, Meifod SY22 6BX, United Kingdom
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A495, 8 km NNE of Llanvair [Llanfair Caereinion], 11 km NW of Welshpool
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Additional Comments: damaged font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Lewis' Dictionary of 1849 notes the presence of a font in the Norman church of Meivod, but gives no information on it. The font, illustrated in its context in Thurlby (2006), appears to be an octagonal design throughout: basin stem, lower base and plinth, perhaps of the 1620s, to judge by the general design and the presence of what appears to be lettering on the basin panels, dating probably from one of the re-buildings of this church; the font appears damaged [NB: we have no information on the original font(s) of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: basin sides
Inscription Text: [?]
Inscription Notes: the letters PS (?) appear to show on one of the basin panels
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
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=47867] [accessed 15 December 2006]
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, fig. 348