Llandugwell

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18693LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Dogvael [in ruins by 1833]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dogfael [aka Dogvael, Dogmael, Dogwells]
Site Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 12 km W of Amlwch
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Bangor]
Historical Region: Hundred of Tal-y-Bolion
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Lewis' dictionary of 1833 reports Llandugwell as a township of Llanfechell ["Llanvechell" in Lewis]: "This township was anciently a distinct parish, but the church, dedicated to St. Dogvael, having been allowed to fall into ruins, many years since, it ceased to be parochial". [NB: having been parochial previously, however, it would have had a baptismal font, but we have no information on it].

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, [transcription by Colin Hinson in www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/AGY/Llanfechell/Gaz1868.html#Lewis [accessed 19 September 2013]]