Droitwich No. 3 / Wich / Wiche

INFORMATION

FontID: 19489DRO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: St Andrew's Street, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 8DY
Country Name: England
Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Clent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
There are eleven entries for Droitwich [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO8963/droitwich/] [accessed 16 September 2014], it being spread over seven counties, from Worcestershire through Oxfordshire; only one of the eleven entries, the holding for which Leofnoth the priest was lord, reports a priest in it but there is no mention of a church, though there probably was one there. Noakes (1852) writes: "In the north aisle or chapel [...] is a curious and probably ancient font: it stands on a square shaft, with angular feet, and is decorated with rude devices of lozenges, circles and other tracery; the basin is capacious enough to hold the infant when immersed." This must be the same font noted in Miller (1890) when he writes the church here "almost destroyed by fire 1292 [...] The font is circular with square base. It must have escaped at the great fire"; Miller (ibid.) gives "Thomas Newent ... 1287" as first recorded rector of this church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890
Noake, John, The rambler in Worcestershire, or, Stray notes on churches and congregations, Worcester: Published and sold by all booksellers, 1848