Elmdon nr. Coleshill / Elmedone

INFORMATION

FontID: 16722ELM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Old Parish Church of St. Nicholas [St. Peter?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas? / St. Peter?
Church Location: Elmdon Park, Solihull, West Midlands B92 9EJ -- Phone: +44 121 743 6336
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SW of Coleshill, 10 SE of Birmingham [Diocese of Worcester]
Historical Region: Hundred of Coleshill [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Hemlingford
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Elmdon [variant spelling ] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1783/elmdon/] [accessed 3 December 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) entry for Elmdon, Warwickshire, notes: "The old church of St. Nicholas was pulled down [...] The parish registers begin in 1538"; the church was rebuilt in 1781; there is no mention of a font in either church; the earliest documented reference to a church here appears to be in 1370. The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) states that the church here is dedicated to St. Peter; no font mentioned in it either.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 584139 5811055

REFERENCES

The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-06-22 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.