Tenbury Wells / Tamedeberie / Tametdeberie / Tameteburie / Teamburie / Teindbury / Temedebury / Temettebury / Tenbury / Thermedebury

There are two entries for Tenbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO5968/tenbury-wells/] [accessed 29 October 2014], one of which reports a priest and churchlands in it. Miller (1890) reports the church, with the exception of the tower, destroyed by a great flood in 1770; since rebuilt; there is no mention of a font in it. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "William Fitz Osbern Earl of Hereford gave half a hide of land at Tenbury to the church of St. Mary of Cormeilles. The church still held this land in 1086, when there was a priest, and therefore possibly a church, on the estate. [...] If the monks of Cormeilles had ever held Tenbury Church it must have passed out of their possession before the middle of the 12th century [...] The building has had a very chequered history owing to its proximity to the Teme, which, overflowing its banks at various periods, has caused great damage to the fabric. The tower dates from about the middle of the 12th century, and probably then adjoined a church consisting of a rectangular nave and small chancel similar to many of those in the neighbouring parishes [...] A disastrous flood in 1770 left the building practically a ruin and necessitated the entire rebuilding of the east and south walls of the south aisle and very considerable repair to the walls of the north aisle. [...] The church, after being restored in 1864, was again flooded to a considerable height in 1886"; the font is reported as being modern. The VCH entry (ibid.) includes also the Church of St. Michael and All Angels at nearby Berrington Heath, with a 19th-century "fine limestone font with a wood canopy". Brooks & Pevsner (2007) note that the baptismal font is by Henry Woodyer's 1864-1865 re-building of the church. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]. [NB: a recent report from a local source [cf. Images area] reports the original 19th-century font cover by H. Woodyer as having been moved into museum; the present cover is plain and flat].