Billesley / Billeslei

There is an entry for Billesley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1456/billesley/] [accessed 19 November 2014]; it reports a priest in it but does not mention a church, though there may have been one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 3, 1945) notes: "The church [...] is said to have been rebuilt by Bernard Whalley in 1692, but there is evidence of a 12thcentury origin in the walling, with remains of later medieval windows and doorway. [...] Patchings in the walling east and west of the transept suggest former small round-headed windows of the 12th century. [...] The interior has no medieval features. [...] The communion-table has legs, each of four twisted posts; the communion rails also have twisted balusters and moulded rail; another small table and a quire desk also incorporate moulded and twisted balusters; all are probably of 1692. There are contemporary box pews under the gallery. The plain slender octagonal font may be of the same period but has had later crosses cut in relief on four faces of the bowl." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP1476156819] (1967) reports a"Simple octagonal font, probably C17 with C19 recutting, with flared base" in this church.