Pershore No. 2 / Pearshore / Perseore / Persore / Psore

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16617PER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew [now a Parish Centre]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Church Walk, Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1BL
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located by the side of the Abbey church
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Pershore
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
There are four entries for Persore [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9445/pershore/] [accessed 15 October 2014], one of which, in the lordship of Westminster St. Peter's abbey, reports a church in it. Miller (1890) writes: "The Parish Church is that of St. Andrew's. [...] The church is an old building shewing signs of Norman work. The font is modern." The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The earliest portion of the existing building is the north arcade, which dates from the close of the 12th century. ", but the font is reported as modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 563184 5773730
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.110501, -2.077345
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 37.81″ N, 2° 4′ 38.44″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890, vol. 2: 226