Criggion / Cruggion / Crugion

Noted in the inventory of the RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) as a modern font in the church at the time of their visit on 19 October 1909. The CPAT Montgomeryshire Churches Survey Project [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] reports "a stone font placed in the tower, replacing an 'ordinary basin'" in the 1838. restoration of the church. [NB: the CPAT Project (ibid.) notes: "The ecclesiastical parish of Criggion was known formerly as an 'ancient chapelry', but there is no information on any predecessors of the present building. It is claimed that the earliest church records go back to 1343, though these do not relate to the present site. [...] Church entirely constructed in red brick in 1770." The RCAHM (ibid.), however, describes this as "an ancient church".] The entry for this church in British Listed buildings [Source ID: 7664] notes: "Font, under tower, C19 Bath stone, octagonal with carved panels." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original chapel/church here]