Hanbury nr. Droiwich / Hambir / Hambury-juxta-Witham / Hambyrie / Hanbyrie / Heanberi / Heanburg / Heanbyrg / Heanbyri / Henbury

There is an entry for this Hanbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9463/hanbury/] [accessed 24 September 2014]; it reports a priest but does not mention a church, though there likely was one. Noake (1868) reports "a handsome new font" introduced in the 1861 renovation of the old church. Miller (1890) reports a church here re-built in two stages, 1793 and 1861, and mentions no font in it. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "There was a priest at Hanbury at the date of the Domesday Survey. [...] The earliest part of the fabric is the south arcade, which dates from about 1210, and was probably an insertion in the south wall of an earlier structure. [...] The font is modern in 13th-century style." Noted in Pevsner (1968): "Font. Probably by Street [i.e., George Edmund Street]. Given on the occasion of the restoration, in 1860." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SO9542564392] (1969) reports: "The nave has a C19 font." The modern font is a Victorian object made 'in the style of' the Early English quatrefoil shape inside and out; the base has the coloured marble stems some Victorian architects seemed to favour. Wooden cover to match, though rather discreet. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the Domesday-time church here].