Llechryd

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22559LLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Cross [consolidated ruin]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Address: Llechryd, Cardigan SA43 2NU, UK
Site Location: Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Llechryd is located off the A484, 5 km SE of Cardigan, on the N bank of the tidal river Teifi
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of St Davids]
Historical Region: formerly Cardiganshire
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 14thC(?) old church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for Llechryd's Holy Cross church in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/3028/details/holy-cross-church-llechryd] [accessed 19 January 2020] notes: "Holy Cross Church is thought to have been constructed in fourteenth century, as a chapel of ease to Llangoedmor parish. [...] The church's remains are situated to the immediate north of the A484 and west of the Nant Arberth, close to the point where it flows into the River Teifi. [...] The church was restored and enlarged in 1838. [...] Holy Cross Church was abandoned in 1879, and lay empty until 1933, when it was reopened. An open-air service was held there in 1950. The church became a Grade II listed building in 1964, but was delisted in 1994, shortly after its roof collapsed. It is now derelict. The shell was consolidated in 1996-1997."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 390310 5768920
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.063098, -4.600064