Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen / Pont y Fon / Pont Vaen
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view of church interior - plan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., [1976?]
Image Source: plan from the RCAHM [1976?] reproduced in Orrin (1988)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12500COW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Cross [earlier St. Mary]
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross [changed from earlier dedication to St. Mary in the beginning of the 20th century]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located 11 km E of Bridgend, W of Cardiff
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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In Orrin (1988) as an octagonal mounted font of the 19th century [NB: Lewis' Dictionary of 1833 describes the church as "an ancient and venerable structure", but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]. A plan of this church interior by the RCAHM, showing the location of the font in it, is reproduced in Orrin (1988)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 468876 5701131
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat
REFERENCES
Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988