Llanfair Trelygen / Llanfair Tref Helygen / Llanvair Trelygon / Llanvair Trev Helygen / Llanvair Trevhelygen / Llanvairtrefheligen
INFORMATION
FontID: 22553ERR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Mary [in ruins by 1833]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Llanfair Trelygen, Newcastle Emlyn, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Ceredigion
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
Century and Period: Medieval
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
Meyrick, Samuel Rush, The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan [...], London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808