Pembroke No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12447PEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Pembroke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15979426
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Pambroke SA71 4JS, Pembroke, United Kingdom
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A4139, about 15 km E of Tenby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St David's
Font Notes:
A Norman font in this church noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) on a list of mostly Welsh fonts consisting of a square basin decorated with scallop motif (includes one from Bristol St Philip's and another from Thornbury, Gloucs., both bordering with Wales); T-G (ibid.) also mentions a rope moulding on it. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". The entry for this church in Pembroke, Monkton and Lamphey churches [https://pembrokemonktonandlampheychurches.com/pembroke] [accessed 1 July 2025] notes: "The font, a square bowl supported by a cylindrical stem, with cable moulding, is Norman. There is no documentary evidence to support the claim that Henry VII was baptised here."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

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. 837
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 79, 87