Solihull nr. Birmingham

We found no entry for Solihull in the Domesday survey. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports: "The font, of octagonal form, is Norman, with circular pillars at the angles." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "There was a late-12th-century church on the site; of this the only evidence left is the east end of the south wall of the nave with a blocked window, and the marks of its steep-pitched roof on the west face of the tower. It was shorter and slightly narrower than the present nave. [...] The font, probably of the 14th century, has been recut. It has a plain octagonal bowl with a moulded lower edge, and a stem having attached round shafts at the angles with moulded capitals and bases." The entry for the Church of St. Alphage in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP1533079287] (1949) reports a possible medieval baptistery near it: "Ruins approx 50m to s[outh] of probable former rectory or possible baptistery [...] The original function of this ruin is uncertain, but it may have formed part of a medieval rectory or a baptistery connected with the holy well of Saint Alphege."