Madresfield / Maddersfyld / Maddresfield / Medeleffeld / Mederesfeude / Medresfeld / Metheresfeld

No entry found for Madresfield in the Domesday survey. Miller (1890) notes that the church here was consecrated in 1867, but "The font, pulpit, and east window were in the previous church", of which he gives the first recorded rector as "Johannes Bracy ... 1311". The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The original church [...] appears to have been of 12th-century origin, but considerably altered at later periods [...] The old building was taken down in 1852 and a new church erected on its site from designs by E. W. Pugin [...] and was taken down in 1866, when the present church was begun on a new site further west. It was designed by Mr. Frederick Preedy in the style of the 14th century, and was consecrated 10 November 1867 [...] Everything that was worth retaining in the church of 1852 was made use of in the new building, including the east and west windows, part of the reredos, the font and the pulpit [...] In the vestry is the marble basin of an 18thcentury font built into the wall and used as a piscina." Brooks & Pevsner (2007) describe the font as octagonal. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church]