Church of St John the Baptist, Buckholt, Monmouthshire
Diocese of Monmouth
N.B.Position of marker is approximate and does not necessarily show the exact location of the site.
Site OS Grid Ref: SO50991548
Chapel-of-ease within the parish of St Mary, Monmouth. Built 1889 in simple style. Font dated 1663, and therefore from another church, believed to be St Peter, Dixton, the neighbouring parish, though why this should be is a mystery, as the font there may well be medieval, re-cut in 1861. Had this pre-Reformation font been discarded under the Commonwealth, and replaced in 1663 by this one, only for this in its turn to be discarded during the Prichard & Seddon restoration in 1861-62 in favour of a 'repaired' medieval one - or is Dixton's current font new from the restoration?
view on the Church Heritage Cymru website
Artworks at this site:
| St John the Baptist artist: Idwal Brian Bessant Church of St John the Baptist, Buckholt, Monmouthshire nave | |
| Christ with the Doctors in the Temple about 1820-1940 Church of St John the Baptist, Buckholt, Monmouthshiresanctuary | |
| Virgin and Child Church of St John the Baptist, Buckholt, Monmouthshire sanctuary |
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