Oddingley / Oddingesle / Oddingle / Oddinglegh / Oddingleye / Oddunalli / Odduncalea / Odduncgalea / Oddunclei / Oddungahlea / Odduncgalea / Oddvnclei

There is an entry for Oddingley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9059/oddingley/] [accessed 29 September 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Miller (1890) reports a church here thought to have been built "in the time of Richard II" [i.e., 1377-1399]; Miller (ibid.) adds: "The font is old", and gives the first recorded rector here as "Will's de Solers ... 1300". The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes about the church here: "No part of the fabric is earlier than the 15th century, when the existing building, with the exception of the tower, was erected. [...] The font is octagonal and is apparently original work recut. The moulded lower edge to the bowl is carved with roses and fetterlocks alternately." The font here is noted in Pevsner (1968): "Font. Perp[endicular]? Against the underside alternatingly a flower and and odd stirrup shape. Why?" Brooks & Pevsner (2007) add that the font is C15 but re-cut. Red sandstone octagonal baptismal font; floral and one other symbol at the underbowl chamfer, as noted in Pevsner; mouldings on the top and bottom of the stem. Modern cover: low pyramidal with cross finial. Listed in Andrews (1912) simply as an interesting font.