Medieval font - Pendolan Parish Church - Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

Pendoylan Parish Church of St.Cadoc - Church of Wales - Dioceses of Llandaff. This church has been the site of Christian worship for over 800 years.

The Font is believed to be of Norman origin, from the 14th Century.
The hexagonal shaped stone font has a four leaf clover pattern carved on three of its sides.

"The parish church of St Cadoc's (who was born circa 497), may well have been founded in the saints lifetime, but most of the building is 14th century. Restorations were made in the 15th and 16th century but most notably in the 19th century. The building is in the Norman style and has a massive embattled western tower containing a ring of six bells. The chancel arch is in the early perpendicular style of the 14th Century. The stairs to the rood loft are perfectly preserved, and in the chancel there is a priest's door which is walled up within." Text Source: (visit link)


"Parish church. 14th 15th 16th century perpendicular with 19th century alterations. Nave,
chancel, South porch and large embattled tower containing a ring of six bells. There are
some interesting features of the Church which can be definitely assigned to pre-
Reformation times, the chancel arch being in the early perpendicular style of the 14th
century. The stairs to the rood loft are perfectly preserved, and in the chancel there is a
priest’s door which is walled up within. Despite the fact that the surviving parish registers
date back only to 1727, it has been possible to compile a fairly complete list of incumbents
from Elizabethan times onwards. The first record of a priest of Pendoylan ‘Sacredos de
Pondewelin’ was of one ‘Urban’ who sometime prior to the year 1205 had given 12 acres of
land to the monks of Margam, his gift being confirmed by King John in that year. Listed at
grade II* for its medieval origins and special historic significance to the parish of Pendoylan." Text Source: (visit link)

The tower contains six bells. The first three bells were originally presented to the church in the 17th century by Judge David Jenkins, a staunch supporter of King Charles 1, as a thanks offering for his safe return from The Tower of London where he had been imprisoned during the Cromwellian period.

Approximate Age of Artefact: 600 years Relevant Website: [Web Link]

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