Churchill in Oswaldslow / Cercehille / Cershull-juxta-Humelbrok / Cherchull / Chirchehull / Churchill nr. Bredicot / Churchill nr. Worcester / Churchill-in-Oswaldslow / Circehill / Corishull / Sarishill

There is an entry for this Churchill [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9253/churchill/] [accessed 23 September 2014]; it reports a priest but mentions no church in it, though there probably was one here. Miller (1890) writes: "The church is chiefly of the 13th century [...] The font is ovtagonal, probably of the 14th century", and gives the first recorded rector as "Robert Baret", sine data, the next one down the list being "Joh. de Farley ... 1269". The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "In the 11th century Churchill was a chapelry of the church of St. Helen, Worcester. [...] It seems to have become separated from St. Helen's before 1269, for it is then called a church [...] It appears to have replaced an earlier structure, probably of the 12th century, as a few worked stones of that date were re-used in the 14th-century walling. [...] The stone font is octagonal and appears to be of 15th-century date". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1968). The font consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, the underbowl slightly concave and plain as well; short octagonal stem and splaying lower base, all plain. The octagonal pyramidal cover is topped with a knob finial, otherwise plain; perhaps 17th century. Brooks & Pevsner (2007) suggest C15 for the font and C18 for the cover. [NB: the VCH notes another ancient 'Churchill' civil parish in Hereford & Worcester, 6 km NE of Kidderminster, usually referred to as 'Churchill in Halfshire', or, 'Churchill near Kidderminster' (in the Middle Ages: Cercehalle / Chirhulle); its church, adds the VCH (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913), "is a modern building [...] in the style of the early 14th century. In the nave is a modern octagonal font", not listed separately in this Index on account it its age]