Salford Priors / Priors Salford / Salford

There is an entry for this Salford in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP0751/salford-priors/] [accessed 22 July 2014]; it mentions a priest but not a church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 3, 1945) notes on this church: "There was a priest at Salford in 1086. [...] The church was granted with the manor to the canons of Kenilworth by Henry I [i.e., 1100-1135] and confirmed by Simon, Bishop of Worcester. [...] The nave and west tower date from about the middle of the 12th century. There was also a south aisle, probably narrow, with an arcade of three or four bays. The subsequent development of the plan to its present lines was rather abnormal." The present baptismal font here consists of an octagonal basin decorated with Gothic arch heads on the sides, between columns at the angles; the underbowl is graded; the octagonal stem has foiled panels, and the lower base is moulded. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with a Latin cross finial. Both font and and cover appear modern, although the font design is somewhat reminiscent of the 14th and 15th century [NB: we have no information on the original font of this church]