Llangadfan / Llangadvan

INFORMATION

FontID: 17046LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cadfan
Church Patron Saints: St. Cadfan [aka Cadvan]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located 13 km NW of Llanfair / Llanvair, 16 SW of Llanfyllin, 22 km W of Welshpool
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Griffith (1869) reports a complete restoration of this church in the previous year [ca. 1868?], and "the font ornamental, with red stone shafts and carved caps and bases", obviously a modern replacement brought in at the time; there is no mention of the earlier font. The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) reports that, at the time of the restoration in 1867, the former font was moved to the Welshpool Mueum. The CPAT Montgomeryshire Churches Survey Project [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] reports an original stone stoup in the churchyard, one of the few furnishings that survived the 19th-century restoration of the Perpendicular church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Edwards, Griffith, Rev., Rector of Llangadfan, London: J. Russell Smith, 1869
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