Holyhead No. 2 / Caergybi
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B01: inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes and Inscription area]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15754HOL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cybi
Church Patron Saints: St. Cybi [aka Cuby]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd
Directions to Site: Located on its own island, Holyhead island, on the N coast; Holyhead island is linked by a causeway to the northwest coast of Anglesey island
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [re-cut in 1662?], Medieval [altered]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides, chamfered at both ends; the otherwise plain sides contain an inscription with the date 1662 and the names of the church wardens of the time. As was the case with some Restoration fonts, they are earlier fonts that had been previously discarded and were restored to their churches in the mid-17th century; many of them were inscribed with the date of the restoration and the names of the churchwardens; at the time some re-tooling did take place in some cases. There appears to have been a plaque of some sort adhered to the side on which the date appears.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on two of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "OCTOBER / 1662 / ROBERT / LLOYD / ROBERTAP / HVPROB / ERT WAR / DENS"
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat octagonal platform with four vertical ribs; either 17th- or 19th-century