Bidford / Bedeford / Bidford-on-Avon

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19520BID

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [aka St. Laurence]

Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]

Church Location: 11 Church Street, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire B50 4DA

Country Name: England

Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 12 km S of Stratford-upon-Avon

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry

Historical Region: Hundred of Ferncombe [in Domesday times] -- Hundred of Barlichway

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

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There are two entries for Bidford [on-Avon] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1051/bidford-on-avon/] [accessed 19 November 2014], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 3, 1945) notes: "No priest is mentioned in Bidford in the Domesday Survey and if there was a church here then, it was probably a chapelry of Salford. It appears as such in Henry I's time when Bernard, the first Prior of Kenilworth (1122–30), successfully claimed it for his house as involved in the grant of Salford Church made in the foundation charter [...] The chancel, west end of the nave, and west tower date from about 1250. The nave was long and narrow and may (in part) have been on the lines of an earlier nave, but no 12th-century details remain. [...] The font is modern."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.164469, -1.853611

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 9′ 52.09″ N, 1° 51′ 13″ W

UTM: 30U 578410 5779951

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2014-11-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.