Llanfihangel-y-Ngwynfa / Llanvihangel y Gwynt / Llanvihangel yn Ngwynva / Llanfihangel-Yngwynfa

INFORMATION

FontID: 17095LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km SW of Llanfyllin, 15 km NW of Welshpool
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century [base only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) reports "a modern structure erected in 1863-4, on the site of the earlier church; even the font was replaced by a new one upon the old base." The CPAT Montgomeryshire Churches Survey Project [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] reports a font that survived the 1862 re-building of the medieval church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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