Llanpumsaint No. 1 / Llan y pum Sainct / Llanpympsaint / Llanypumpsaint

INFORMATION

FontID: 13601LLA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Celynin

Church Patron Saints: St. Celynin [aka Ceiths, Gwyn, Gwyno, Gwynono]

Country Name: Wales

Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A485, 11 km N of Carmarthen

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

The 'antiquarian news' section of The Antiquary (issue No. 31, vol. 6, July 1882: 33) informs: ''the ancient and parish church […] has been re-opened after restoration. A communion cup of the church bears the date of 1574. The font is evidently a great deal older. A holy water stoup has been preserved.'' A church interior plan dating to 1882 [http://www.churchplansonline.org/show_full_image.asp?resource_id=08590.tif] [accessed 13 July 2008] shows the font in the northwest corner of the nave.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Baker-Jones, D.L., "Looking at Carmarthenshire Churches", VII (1970), The Carmarthenshire Historian, 1970