Cheriton nr. Swansea
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
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view of font and cover - west side
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
view of font and cover in context - west side
Scene Description: the modern font in the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
view of basin - fragment
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
view of basin in context - fragment
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font on the left; the fargment of the ancient font on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2018 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 2 August 2019)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ceridwen, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2009 by ceridwen [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1312453] [accessed 18 August 2011]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17596CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Cognate Fonts: probably the font at Llanddewi, to the south
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Madoc [aka Cadoc, Catwg]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Madoc [aka Cadoc, Catwg]
Church Address: Cheriton, Swansea SA3 1BY, UK
Site Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 1 km ESE of Llanmadoc, NW of Stembridge, NE of Llangenydd, about 20 km W of Swansea, at the NW end of the Gower peninsula
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
Historical Region: Glamorgan
Additional Comments: disused / damaged / broken font
Font Notes:
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The present font is of the 19th century, but there is a large fragment of a medieval font inside the church; the latter appears to be a tub- or bucket-shaped vessel; about half of its basin side and any base it may have had are missing; the basin has a centre drain.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 414170 5719079
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.61619, -4.2397
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 36′ 58.28″ N, 4° 14′ 22.92″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining