Rous Lench / Biscopesleng / Lelenz / Lenc / Lench Randulf / Lech Radulphi / Lench Rondolf / Randolphs Lench / Randulves Lench / Rouse Lench / Rouslench

There is an entry for [Rous] Lench [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP0153/rous-lench/] [accessed 30 October 2014]; it reports a priest in it, but mentions no church, though there probably was one here. Miller (1890) reports a church "chiefly Norman, of the time of Henry II" [i.e., 1154-1189], though he mentions " a little recess with a triangular-headed arch" in the east wall, which he reckons "probably pre-Norman", and does not mention a font at all. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) informs: "At the date of the Domesday Survey Urse had a priest on his manor of Rous Lench. [...] Nearly the whole church has been rebuilt in recent years, but enough remains to prove the existence of a church in the middle of the 12th century […] The west end of this [north] aisle is railed off to form a baptistery and contains the original octagonal 15th-century font." Brooks & Pevsner (2007) note the 15th-century font: "octagonal, plain bowl with good mouldings. Spire-like C19 cover." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]