Llandysilio West
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17161LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Tysilio [aka St. Tyssilio]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Tysilio%27s_Church,_Llantysilio
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Tysul [aka Sulgwyn / Tysilio[ [5th-6thC Welsh saint]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A478, 8 km N of Narbetth
Font Notes:
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The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) notes: "This church was restored in 1838, and in 1898 a virtually new church was erected", and lists a Norman font in the church.
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 Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, no. 448