Montgomery / Trefaldwyn

INFORMATION

FontID: 17035MON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Country Name: Wales

Location: Powys

Directions to Site: Located on the B4385-B4386 crossroads, 5 km from the English border [Coordinates: 52° 33′ 46.08″ N, 3° 8′ 57.48″ W 52.5628, -3.1493]

Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in the inventory of the RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) as a monument "especially worthy of preservation [...] The font is of early date, possibly of the late Norman period; it is illustrated in Mont. Coll., 1902, xxxii, 163." [NB: the church fabric dates to the early 13th century]

REFERENCES

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