Lindridge / Lindericgeas / Linderugge / Lindriche / Lindrigg / Lindruge / Lynderige / Lynderug / Lyndrugge

Miller (1890) reports three churches in his entry for Lindridge: All Saints' "rebuilt 1861", St. Michael's [no dteails], and St. James' "built 1832"; no mention of a font in any of them. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) entry for Lindridge notes: "The Prior and convent of Worcester claimed the church of Lindridge as the gift of Wiferd [i.e., late-8th century]. There was a priest on the prior's estate at Knighton and Eardiston in 1086, [...] but it does not appear whether he ministered at the church at Lindridge or at the chapel of Knighton. Possibly when the monks lost the manor of Lindridge the church was also taken from them, for in 1132 Robert de Bethune, Bishop of Hereford, 'to make a perfect union of charity between the Prior of Worcester and the church of Hereford,' gave to David, Prior of Worcester, and the monks the parsonage of Lindridge for ever. [...] This grant was confirmed by Pope Lucius (1144–5) and by Pope Innocent. [...] The earliest church of which portions now remain dated from the early 12th century, [...] The present building was erected in 1861 on the site of an earlier church", but mentions no font in it." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SO6751568990] (1986) reports and "Octagonal stone font with panelled stem and cusped ogee-arched frieze around basin" in this church. Brooks & Pevsner (2007) report an alabaster font here. An octagonal alabaster font with decorated sides is illustrated in the MyAncestry website [http://myancestry.org/places/worcestershire.htm] [accessed 27 May 2010]. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]. The Teme Valley North Parish [http://temevalleynorthparish.co.uk/our-churches/st-lawrence-lindridge/] [accessed 25 September 2014], which contains Lindridge St. Lawrence, informs: "The font is of alabaster, replacing a damaged Norman predecessor, and was given by the Firkins family of Eardiston." The VCH (ibid.) reports an early chapel-of-easy to Lindridge, dedicated to St. James, at Pensax, and had burial rights; according to the VCH: "St. James was of the Norman period, and was pulled down in 1829."]