Blaenporth / Blaen Porth / Blaynporth

Evans (1914) writes: "A Font, of the real Victorian brand, takes the place of the ancient one which was thrown out about the year 1865 when the old church was entirely demolished". The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/308996/details/st-davids-church-blaenporth] [accessed 5 January 2020] notes: "Castell Gwithian is thought to have been established around 1110 and the two sites are likely to have been contemporary. The church was a parish church during the medieval period [...] The octagonal font with square base came from St Mary's Church, Cardigan (NPRN 306605). The form of the medieval church is not known. [...] The church was rebuilt around 1800, with nothing retained from the earlier fabric. [...] The church was rebuilt in 1856-1859, to the west of the former building. [...] The church temporarily closed in the 1990s, as it had become unsafe, but reopened in 1997." If the COFLEIN sources are correct, the font that was in use at the time of the 1850s demolition was not the original of the medieval church here, but was likely introduced at the time of the ca. 1800 re-building of the church, at which time nothing was retained from the old fabric [cf. supra].