Upton Warren / Houpton / Shirrevesupton / Upton Fitz Waryn / Upton Waryn / Uptune

There is an entry for Upton [Warren] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO9367/upton-warren/] [accessed 22 September 2014]; it reports a priest but mentions no church in it. Miller (1890) notes a 14th-century tower, the rest re-built in the late-18th century; first recorded rector "Thomas de Pendesham ... 1378"; no font mentioned. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "There was a priest at Upton in 1086. [...] A church probably existed here at the time of the Domesday Survey, but was rebuilt towards the end of the 13th century and consecrated in 1300 [...] The whole structure except the tower was rebuilt in the 18th century, the chancel in 1724 and the nave in 1798 [...] The furniture is modern, the font being octagonal with panelled sides." Brooks & Pevsner (2007) suggest the thin Perpendicular-style font is of the 1798 re-building. The Parish website [http://www.uptonwarrenphoenix.co.uk/st-michaels-history.asp] [accessed 9 June 2010] notes: "The font is thought to date from around the time of the 1794 rebuild or soon after. It is well carved with a small octagonal bowl and stem; in Victorian times it had a complex top (complete with flying buttresses - now confined to the gallery), the lid is much simpler now." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s)]