Stone Font - St Samlet Church, Llansamlet, Wales, Great Britain.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
N 51° 39.798 W 003° 54.114
30U E 437621 N 5723975
The Church of Saint Samlet, is home to a carved stone baptism font. In this Anglican parish church of The Church in Wales, Dioceses of Swansea & Brecon. Located in Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMKDRD
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/27/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree
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The square shaped, carved stone baptism font in this church appears to have been stained white. The font was gifted to the church on 14 August 1879 as stated by a small well worn brass plaque attached to the font.

The Church in Wales is made up of over 900 parishes. If you live in Wales, you will live in a parish. Each parish covers a specific geographic area and is looked after by a cleric assigned to it. Each Parish may have several church's. The Parish of Llansamlet has three churches within its boundaries.

I could find no evidence of a plaque or sign with the church name or denomination, but I did speak to the Vicar, who confirmed it was a Church in Wales denomination, also shown on the Church in Wales web site.

"Anglican parish church of 1878-80 built by H.F. Clarke of Briton Ferry built for the local industrialist family of Jenkins. The tower was not added until 1914-15 to designs by architects Glendinning Moxham of Swansea." Text source: (visit link)

Church and Churchyard photos: (visit link)

Street address of Church:
St Samlet Church, Church Rd, Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales, SA7 9RL
Approximate Age of Artefact: 1879

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