Worcester No. 10 / Uueogorna / Vveogorna / Weogorna / Wigornia / Wirccester / Wirecestre

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19481WOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Ruins of the old Parish Church of St. Clement
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Church Address: [the new church: Henwick Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 5NP -- Tel.: 01905 423911]
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the NW area of Worcester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Fishborough [in Domesday] - Hundred of Oswaldslow
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the pre-1179 church here)
Font Notes:
There are three entries for Worcester [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO8454/worcester/] [accessed 30 October 2014], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. Lewis' Dictionary of 1831 has: "a small old structure of stone, stood on the eastern bank of the Severn, although the principal part of the parish was on the western side of that river; but being much decayed, and liable to be flooded by the overflowing of the river, a new church, on an enlarged scale, was built, which was opened in 1823." Miller (1890) reports a Norman here, originally located across the river [i.e., on the east bank] from the church re-built in 1822-1823; he reported at the time [ca. 1890): "there are still remains of the old Norman work" at the old site. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) reported of this church at the time: "nothing but a fragment of the west wall remains"; the original church, however, must have existed quite early, at least by 1179, as the VCH (ibid.) adds: "In the time of Bishop Roger (1164–79) the advowson of St. Clement's was given by Hugh Poer and Richard de Grafton to the Prior and convent of Worcester."

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
  • Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890, vol. 2: 280