Llandeilo / Llandeilo Fawr / Llandilo Vawr

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12448LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Teilo [originally from Llandyfeisant parish church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Teilo [aka Elidius, Eliud, Eloi, Tello, Teilaw, Tellaw]
Church Notes: present church is chiefly 18thC but is a re-building of a medieval church, itself a replacement of a much earlier church here
Church Address: 11 Church St, Llandeilo SA19 6BH, UK -- Tel.: +44 1558 823862
Site Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Llandeilo is located on the A40, 13 km N of Ammanford, 25 km E of Carmarthen (Llandyfeisant church is located in Dynevor [Dinefwr] Park, near Llandeilo)
Additional Comments: recycled font (originally from Lladyfeisant / Llandeveyson) -- disappeared font? (the one from the early church here)
Font Notes:
The web site of the Church in Wales-Llandeilo [www.llandeilofawr.org.uk/history.htm] [accessed 23 December 2006] notes: "in the foyer [of Llandeilo St Teilo's] is the font from Llandyfeisant church, which was closed in 1961". The British Listed Buildings site [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300011097-parsih-church-of-st-teilo-llandeilo#.WRJB0ca1uSN] [accessed 9 May 2017] reports a stone font of 1850 in this church, as well as a "C15 octagonal font bowl of Llandyfeisant".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 431740 5748312
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.8814, -3.9917
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 52′ 53.04″ N, 3° 59′ 30.12″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone