Ysbyty Ifan / Dôl Gynwal / Dolgynwal / Ysbyty Ivan / Ysbitty Ifan / Yspytty Ieuan / Yspyty Ifan / Yspyty Ivan

Noted in a letter to the editor of 'Archaeologia Cambrensis' (issue no. XXIX, 4th series, January 1877: 156-157) from "E.O.": "leaning against the wall outside the porch, on the east side an old font, octagonal in form, which was rescued by Miss Wynne, of Voelas, from use as a pigtrough, and it was placed within the precincts of the churchyard for safety. It would be safer within than without the church. There can be no doubt of its being a font; its shape and the hole for letting out the water prove its former use." The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/309304/details/st-johns-church-ysbyty-ifan] [accessed 22 January 2020] notes: "The hospice of St John of Jerusalem (Ysbyty Ifan means John's hospital), founded c.1190 by the Knights Hospitallers (Knights of St. John of Jerusalem), was probably on or adjoining the present church. It was dissolved in 1540, but its church was retained as the parish church [...] The present church of St John, Ysbyty Ifan was built by George Benmore and was opened in 1861, following the demolition of its predecessor in 1858. [...] Some fragments of effigies and slabs, probably of members of the order, and dating from the 14th to the early 16th century, are preserved in the present church." The entry for this church in British Listed Churches [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300000137-church-of-st-john-ysbyty-ifan] [accessed 22 January 2020] reports two fonts in it: "Octagonal font on moulded base with octagonal pedestal and marble bowl. The Medieval octagonal font bowl lies on the floor adjacent."