Llanfair Trelygen / Llanfair Tref Helygen / Llanvair Trelygon / Llanvair Trev Helygen / Llanvair Trevhelygen / Llanvairtrefheligen
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22553ERR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mary [in ruins by 1833]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Llanfair Trelygen, Newcastle Emlyn, UK
Site Location: Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Llandyfriog, about 6 km NE of Newcastle Emlyn, 16 km NE of Cardigan
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of St Davids]
Historical Region: Hundred of Troedyraur -- formerly Cardiganshire
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval(?) church here)
Font Notes:
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Meyrick (1808) reports the church here in ruins, "a situation in which it has been for many years"; no font mentioned. Ditto in Evans (1914).
REFERENCES
- Evans, J.T., The Church Plate of Cardiganshire, Stow-in-the-Wold: James H. Halden, 1914, p. 74
- Meyrick, Samuel Rush, The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan [...], London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808, p. 138