Llanrothal No. 2
INFORMATION
FontID: 13600LLA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist [originally St Ridol / Rhyddol?]
Church Location: Llanrothal, Monmouth NP25 5QL, UK -- Tel.: +44 117 929 1766
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A466, 8 km NNW of Monmouth, bnear the border with Wales, 22 km S of Hereford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wormelow
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted in the S porch
Century and Period: 16th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross & Britain Express Ltd [www.britainexpress.com], for the photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for Llanrothal in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire (vol. 1, South west, London, HMSO, 1931, pp. 171-173) notes: "Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [...] The N. wall of the Nave dates from the 12th century, but the rest of the building, including the Chancel, was re-built in the following century, probably on a larger scale. The South Porch was added probably in the 16th century. The bell-turret was added or re-built in 1680. The church was restored in 1921 [...] Stoup: In S. porch, semi-octagonal with tapering stem and round basin, 16th-century"; it mentions no font in it. Illustrated in the Britain Express site [http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/hereford/churches/Llanrothal/index.htm] [accessed 13 July 2008]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.862599, -2.763799
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 51′ 45″ N, 2° 45′ 50″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Basin Interior Shape: round