Haverfordwest No. 3 / Hwlffordd

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "South side of St Thomas a Becket church, Haverfordwest. In the Parish of Haverfordwest, Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The church dates from the 12th century, mostly rebuilt in the 19th century apart from the medieval tower"
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Image Source: digital photograph 18 April 2014 by Jaggery [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4463449] [accessed 20 February 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 17131HAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Church Location: Church Ln, Haverfordwest SA61 1QB, United Kingdom
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located off St. Thomas Green, 2 blocks S of High St, off (E) the A487, W and N of the A4076, about 10 km N of Milford Haven
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
The listing for this church in DYFED [https://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/wp/discovery/projects/churches/st-thomas-haverfordwest-pembrokeshire/] [accessed 20 Febdruary 2022] [Listed Building No. 12038] notes: "St Thomas, Haverfordwest, is a 5-celled church, of medium-large size. It retains approximately 20% pre-19th century core fabric, largely confined to the west tower. [...] The 3-storeyed west tower is from c.1500. [...] The church was described at some length in 1847 (Glynne, 1885, 209-10), as ‘an uninteresting church, much modernised’ [...] the font was ‘modern’ [...] The church was enlarged in 1880 [...] the font was moved to its present position [...] The font is 19th century (pre-1847)." The listing in British Listed Buildings [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300012038-church-of-saint-thomas-a-becket-haverfordwest] [accessed 20 February 2022] notes: "Anglican parish church, C12 origins, first mentioned 1210, but mostly rebuilt in C19 apart from tall C15 tower [...] one of three medieval churches in Haverfordwest [...] White marble font 1854, by E. M. Goodwin, given by G. Lort Phillips". [NB: we have no information on the font from this early-13th century church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.7997, -4.969
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 47' 58" N, 4° 58' 8" W
UTM: 30U 364237 5740581