Stirchley

No entry for Stirchley found in the Domesday survey. Anderson (1864) writes of this church: "this ancient structure appears to have been founded [...] in the 12th century". The Victoria County History (Shropshire, vol. 11, 1985) notes: "Stirchley church, not recorded until 1238, [...] had been built, as architectural evidence shows, by the 12th century. It is possible that, like those of Great Dawley, Malinslee, and Priorslee, the church was originally a chapel of ease in Shifnal parish. [...] The later 12th-century chancel arch, of three carved orders, is set in the filling of a larger arch. The latter and the surviving original windows in the chancel walls are also of the mid to late 12th century. Old masonry, similar to that of the chancel, on the inner face of the nave and tower walls may also be 12th-century. A new window was put into the south wall of the chancel in the 14th century but the church was not enlarged in the later medieval period." There is no mention of a font here in the VCH entry. [NB: we have no information on its medieval font]