Wolford / Great Wolford / Ulwarda / Ulware / Uolwarde / Uolwarde] / Wolford Magna / Worwarde

There are five entries for Wolford and [Little] Wolford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/XX0000/wolford-and-little-wolford/] [accessed 19 January 2015], one of which, the part in the lordship of Robert of Stafford, mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "The church of Wolford was given to Kenilworth Priory by Maud widow of Nicholas de Stafford with the consent of her son Robert de Stafford, and was among the properties confirmed to the priory by Henry II in 1177. [...] The church was entirely rebuilt in 1833 and restored in 1885. Not a vestige of ancient architecture has been preserved. The spire had to be repaired in 1910 after being struck by lightning. [...] All the furniture is modern". English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP2502734586] (1987) reports a "C19 polygonal stone font with carved panels", in this completely re-built church. The present modern font is of Perpendicular design; it consists of an octagonal basin with a chamfered upper rim above the vertical sides decorated with deeply-carved large quatrefoil windows around floral motifs; the chamfered octagonal underbowl alternates floral and blank-shield motifs on the sides; the plian stem of the base and the moulded lower base are also octagonal. Wooden font cover of the rib-around-a-pivot design; also modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here.