Lesnewth No. 1 / Lisinwen / Lisniwen / Lysnowydh / Lysnowyth

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design element - motifs - scallop - trumpet scallop - decorated

view of font or object

INFORMATION

FontID: 15728LES
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Knet / St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Knet [aka Knuet] [alternative dedication appears to be St. Michael & All Angels]
Church Location: Lesnewth, Cornwall PL35 0HR
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A39, 7 km ENE of Camelford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Truro
Historical Region: Hundred of Stratton [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Lesnewth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
There is an entry for Lesnewth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SX1390/lesnewth/] [accessed 4 November 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A very crudely-made quadrangular basin now [2008] stands by the baptismal font in use inside the church; it appears to be of rectagular shape but very irregular, with tapering sides decorated with trumpet scallops projecting downwards, a common enough motif found on Norman fonts in the south of England. [cf. Index entry for Lesnewth No. 2 for the later font in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.682233, -4.648404
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 40′ 56.04″ N, 4° 38′ 54.25″ W
UTM: 30U 383547 5615785

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular?
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular?
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular?