King's Norton nr. Birmingham / Kingesnorton / Kings Norton / Norhton / Norton / Nortun / Nortune

There is an entry for this [Kings] Norton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP0578/kings-norton/] [accessed 18 September 2014]; it reports a priest but does not mention a church in it. Miller (1890) writes of "Norman work to be seen in this church", but mentions no font in it. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "The church of King's Norton was formerly a chapel annexed to the church of Bromsgrove [...] It was severed from Bromsgrove in 1846 [...] The church is large, but with the exception of two 12th-century lancets in the chancel none of the work is earlier than the end of the 13th century. English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP0493878958] (1952) notes: "Substantial medieval church of sandstone [...] Norman origin but predominantly late C13 and C14", but it does not mention a font in it. A font here is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period, but it is not clear whether the font referred to was an earlier font now disappeared, for the Parish site [www.kingsnorton.org.uk/churches/st-nicolas-ancient-stones.php] [accessed 18 September 2014] reports that in the major restoration carried out here in the 1860s, [...] the south-west corner was ordered as a baptistry, with a new font. It is not known where the previous font stood." There are two fonts in this church, according to the on-line church guide [www.kingsnorton.org.uk/pdf/misc/church-tour-leaflet.pdf] [accessed 18 September 2014]: a stationary font of the 19th century, located by the south entranceway, and a portable font "which can be placed centrally, thus enabling all worshippers to feel fully involved with the service". This latter font is presumably modern as well.