Kersoe / Criddesho

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19441KER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel? / Church? [disappeared?]
Font Location in Church: Located in the transept at Elmley Castle St. Mary's ca. 1913]
Church Notes: not known whether a church/chapel existed here or not
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: There is no Kersoe village/hamlet anymore; just a couple of farmsteads and cottages, located at the foot of Bredon Hill, not far from Elmley Castle
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Worcester]
Font Notes:
The entry for Elmeley Castle in the Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "An old stone bowl now in the transept was brought from a farm at Kersoe." It is not clear whether or not this is a baptismal font bowl or stoup, or an unrelated object [e.g.: old grain measure, mortar bowl] mistakenly believed to be one, So far we have not been able to establish the presence of a church or chapel at Kersoe, a hamlet of Elmley Castle.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 567808 5767928

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.