Baddesley Clinton

No entry for Baddesley Clinton found in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "The chapel of Baddesley was evidently included in the grant of the church of Hampton-in-Arden to Kenilworth Priory made by Roger Mowbray in the 12th century. [...] The parish church of ST. MICHAEL (once St. James) [...] consists of a chancel, nave, and west tower. The nave dates from the 13th century. From the eastward position of the side doorways it is probable that the plan was then a plain rectangle including a chancel. The west tower was built about 1500 by Nicholas Brome [...] The font is a simple octagonal one of the 15th or 16th century renovated. The bowl has the eye for one of the staples for the former lid." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP2026071359] (1967) reports the font of this church as 19th-century, probably on account of its appearance after its 19th-century restoration. The font consists of a monolithic octagonal basin with plain slightly taperin sides and a tall concave underbowl chamfer that ends in a round moulding at mid-stem, the lower half of the stem ending in spurs on four of the sides to a square lower base; on a rectangular plinth. Flat octagonal wooden cover; modern [NB: there must have been an earlier cover for the remaining metal staple in the upper rim].