Lower Pennant

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17105PEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Upper Pennant [aka Pennant Melangel] and Llangynog
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennant,_Powys
Font Notes:
The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) reports a pair of medieval querns "now in the parish church, at foot of the font, [...] found in this parish, between 1858 and 1878, by the late Rev. Thomas Rowlands, vicar. The larger one is 16 inches, the smaller 11 inches in diameter." [NB: the font itself is not dealt with, presumably a late one -- some parishes have moved medieval querns, grain measures and other font-like objects inside churches; Bond (1908) warned against such practices; some querns are known to have been decorated, even with religious symbols]

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: 168