Corsley

The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 8, 1965) notes: "There was a parson of Corsley in the mid-13th century. [...] The church there was referred to as the chapel of the manor of Corsley in 1245, [...] but evidently assumed some parochial functions because of the distance to the mother church of the parish at Warminster. [...] The dedication was to St. James in the earlier 16th century, [...] and was still mentioned in the 18th. [...] The present dedication has not been met with before 1786. [...] The old church consisted of nave, north aisle, chancel, south porch, and western embattled tower. The tower was probably of the 15th century, while the low nave with north aisle which joined it was perhaps older." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The present font is mid-19th century. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church].