Alderley / Alrelie

There is an entry for this Alderley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST7690/alderley/] [accessed 19 April 2018], but it mntions neither cleric nor church in it. The basin of the older of two fonts has now a quasi-octagonal appearance, although it must have been square originally, like several others in the area, with scalloped lower sides; the basin is raised on a cluster of a central shaft and four angle colonnettes, raised on a square lower base, and a [later?] quadrangular plinth. Wooden cover, flat and shaped to match the chamfered angles of the altered basin, with metal decorations and ring handle. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST7685090802] reports the modern font in it, a "white marble font of 1820". The object is descibed in John Wilkes as a "white marble urn on a fluted column". This same modern font is noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) with date 1820].