Warwick No. 1 / Waruuic

There are three entries for Warwick [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2864/warwick/] [accessed 17 December 2014], but none mentions cleric or church in it. Waring (1841) notes that the church here "was founded prior to the Conquest". Smith (1850) notes that a church of similar dedication [i.e., St. Mary or Our Lady] "occupied the same spot previous to the conquest" and, after a period of decadence, "was rebuilt in the fourteenth century". Neither of these two sources mentions a font in it. The present font, round, moulded and gadrooned, is modern. Smith (1850) mentions a number of old churches in this city that have disappeared: Warwick No. 2) "St. Helen's appears to have stood on the spot where the priory of St. Sepulchre was afterwards founded"; Warwick No. 3) "St. Michael's was built at the lower end of the street called Saltsford"; Warwick No. 4) "St. John's stood near the centre of the market place, and of this 'the outward fabric' was to be seen according to Dugdale in the seventeenth century"; Warwick No. 5) "St Peter's is stated to have stood in the midst of the town. This church was taken down in the reign of Henry VI. and a church, dedicated to St. Peter, was built over the east gate"; Warwick No. 6) "The church of St. Lawrence then stood on a spot at the lower end of the west street, in the suburbs. The last presentation that occurs appears to have taken place in the year 1380." The present font is modern, a moulded and gadrooned basin on a Corinthian capital and a moulded and fluted lower base; stands on a rectagular plinth towards the east end of the south aisle. Low-dome wooden cover, with mouldings an foliage decoration; fleuron finial.