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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17095LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [base only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglwys_Mihangel_Sant_(Church_of_St_Michael)_eglwys_plwyf_Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa,_Powys,_Wales_01.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km SW of Llanfyllin, 15 km NW of Welshpool
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Additional Comments: altered font: only the base is original; the basin replaced in the mid-19th century
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, vol. 1: 93