Dale nr. Haverfordwest
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17125DAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the Dale Peninsula, 22 km WSW of Haverfordwest
Additional Comments: disappeared font? / imported font (from Italy in 1818)
Font Notes:
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The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) notes: "This church has seen several restorations, in the course of which all features of antiquarian interest which it may have contained were removed [...] The font and stone altar table were brought from Italy in 1818." [NB: the tower of this church is late-Medieval, but we have no information on its font].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 349989 5730676
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 Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, p. 87