Aberllyvni / Aberllynfi / Aberllynvy

INFORMATION

FontID: 12407ABE
Church/Chapel: [originally from the Parish Church?]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located 6 km WSW of Hay
Historical Region: Breconshire / Brecknockshire
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1635
Century and Period: 17th century, Stuart
Lewis' Dictionary of 1849 reports: "an octagonal stone font, ornamented in its different compartments with mullets and crosses, and bearing the date 1635" was located in a farmhouse adjoining the ruins of the former parish church of Aberllyvni. Lewis (ibid.) adds: "an aged yew-tree indicates the site of the building, but the whole is now [i.e., ca. 1849] covered by a small plantation of firtrees".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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