Jordanston / Trefwrdan

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12443JOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cwrda, Jordanston
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29492967
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cwrda
Church Address: Jordanston, Haverfordwest SA62 5UL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7837 420064
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A487, 6-7 km SW of Fishguard
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St David's
Historical Region: Hundred of Dewisland
Font Notes:
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) [NB: this source lists the font as "circular"]. Noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) in the context of a long list of square Norman basins with scalloped lower ends: "In some cases a round bowl is similarly scalloped, as at Jordanston (Pem.) and Shereford (Norfolk), in which latter example there is a double row of scallops." In Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, no. 851
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188