Church Stoke No. 2 / Churchstoke / Cirestoc / Yr Ystog

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17038CHU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24183253
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra [earlier dedication: St. Mary]
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km SSE of Welshpool [Coordinates: 52° 32′ 24″ N, 3° 4′ 37.2″ W 52.54, -3.077] [Diocese of Hereford]
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
The inventory of the RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) entry for this church notes of its 20th August 1909 visit: "The font is modern; an earlier font, of 15th century date, serves as a flower pot in the churchyard, and is suffering from exposure to the weather."

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, p. 25 and fn