Pentre Voelas

INFORMATION

FontID: 17143PEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chapel
Country Name: Wales
Location: Wrexham
Directions to Site: Located near Cerrigydruidion and Llanrwst, 22-23 km SW of Denbigh
Historical Region: formerly Denbighshire, Clwyd
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 18th century (mid?), Georgian
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted in a letter to the editor of 'Archaeologia Cambrensis' (issue no. XXIX, 4th series, January 1877: 157) from "E.O., in the entry for Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog": "There is in front of the Glyn vicarage what is said to have been a font, but it looks more like a vase, standing on a Doric grooved shaft. It may indeed have been a font for, it somewhat resembles one which is kept in the vestry of Pentre Voelas Church." Lewis' Dictionary of 1849 entry for Pentre Voelas notes: "The chapel, a small edifice in good repair, was erected in 1760", a date which would fit the description for the object.

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1833