Llanerfyl / Llanuruyl / Llanervul

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - rose - Tudor rose

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 16468LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Erfyl
Church Patron Saints: St. Erfyl [aka Erval. Ervul, Eurfyl, Urfyl]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located off the A458, 8 km from Llanfair, 15 km SW of Llanfyllin
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the W end, S side
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Noted in Edwards (1883), with reference to the 19th-century re-building of the church: "The old church was taken down in February 1870, and rebuilt by September 6th, in the same year […] The old octagonal font, with its Tudor flowers, was repaired and retained". The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) mentions a holy well northwest of the church, from which the baptismal water for the font was drawn. Noted in the RCAHMW [http://www.coflein.gov.uk] [accessed 27 April 2010]: "Within the church there is a medieval font". A plan of the church interior in 1868-1870 shows the font located at the west end of the nave, on the south side, just west of the south entrance.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Edwards, Griffith, Rev., Rector of Llangadfan, "History of the Parish of Llanerfyl", XVI, iii, Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders, 1883, pp. 71-92, 263-282; p. 265
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Montgomery, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1911