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There is an entry for Alvechurch [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP0272/alvechurch/] [accessed 23 September 2014]; it reports a priest but there is no mention of a church in it, despite the obvious toponym; there probably was a church here at the time. No mention of a font in Miller's entry (1890) for this church. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "At the date of the Domesday Survey there was a priest at Alvechurch. [...] From the name of the place it is evident that a church existed there at an early date, probably before 1000. The name may with absolute certainty be translated the 'church of Æifgyth.' This is a feminine name, and we may infer that Ælfgyth founded the church. [...] The whole of the church, with the exception of the north aisle and the tower, was rebuilt in 1859 by the late Mr. W. Butterfield." Brooks & Pevsner (2007): "strongly patterned patterned octagonal font" by William Butterfield. Octagonal font "of Caen stone on marble columns commemorates Elizabeth Sandford, the wife of the Rector at the time of the restoration", according to the Parish site [www.alvechurch-stlaurence.org/history.htm] [accessed 24 April 2008]. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].