Llanfair Discoed / Lamecare [Domesday] / Llanvair Discoed / Llanfair Is Coed / Llanfair-iscoed

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17977DIS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval

Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St Mary

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Site Location: Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 10 km W of Chepstow, 16 km E of Newport

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Monmouth

Historical Region: Monmouthshire

Font Notes: Click to view

Field (1867) and (1871) remarks: "I have never seen but one ancient wooden Font [...], at Llanvair Discoed, Monmouthshire". [NB: we have not been able to confirm the survival (?) of this font -- there are other wooden fonts in England and Wales]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 513724 5719546

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.62677, -2.80173

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 37′ 36.37″ N, 2° 48′ 6.23″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood

REFERENCES

Field, Walter, Stones of the temple, or, Lessons from the fabric and furniture of the Church, London, Oxford and Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1871, p. 71