Henfynyw No. 2 / Henfyniw / Henvynyw

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design element - motifs - moulding and piping

Scene Description: framing the chamfer angles on the basin underbowl

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design element - patterns - floral

Scene Description: a band of concentric rosettes some framed in beads or circles on the sides of the basin, below the upper rim

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wici Rhuthun 1, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2014 by Wici Rhuthun 1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglwys_Henfynyw_Church,_Ceredigion,_Cymru_17.JPG] [accessed 5 January 2020[

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22539HEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. David / Eglwys Henfynyw
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Church Location: Henfynyw, Aberaeron SA46 0EU, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Ceredigion
Directions to Site: Located off the A487, 1-2 km SW of Aberaeron, on the coast at Ceredigion Bay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Davids
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church re-built 1860s
In the entry for Henvynyw [Henfynyw] St David's church Evans (1914) writes "The Bowl of the stone Font, formerly in use in this ancient church, is now preserved in the porch of Holy Trinity, Aberaeron". The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/418342/details/st-davids-church-henfynyn] [accessed 5 January 2020] notes: "St David's church, Henfynyw was built on the site of a medieval church, formerly a chapelry, which became a parish church during the post-medieval period. It was entirely (re)built in the 19th century, but nothing was retained from the earlier fabric. [...] The font is twelfth-thirteenth century in date, and is similar in style to that at St Ffraid's Church, Llansantffraid (NPRN 96045) and St Bledrws' Church, Betws Bledrws (NPRN 418245)." The illustrattion included in COFLEIN's entry for Aberaeron [www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/306602/details/holy-trinity-church-aberaeron] [accessed 5 January 2020], a reproduction from the RCAHMW [NMR Catalogue Number : C600120 / File Reference : AA51/5812], shows an ancient stone font, likely the one from Henyvyw mentioned in Evans [cf. supra]. [NB: was the old font held in the porch at nearby Aberaeron's Holy Trinity, eventually returned to Henfynyw St. David's?]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.2275, -4.274
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 13′ 39″ N, 4° 16′ 26.4″ W
UTM: 30U 412985 5787107

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Evans, J.T., The Church Plate of Cardiganshire, Stow-in-the-Wold: James H. Halden, 1914