Baxterley

No entry found for Baxterley in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "Robert, Earl Ferrers, is said to have granted the chapel of Baxterley with the church of Orton-on-the-Hill (Leics.) to Merevale Abbey, [...] but there is no evidence of this, and the advowson was in 1293 in the hands of Richard de Harecourt [...] The parish church is a small structure with a chancel, north vestry, nave with an enclosed west tower, north aisle, and north porch. The chancel dates from c. 1200 and had remarkably tiny windows. [...] The 15th-century font is octagonal; the bowl has a moulded underedge and on four sides are blank shields. The top has been cut down, reducing the size of the shields. A flat lid with a turned centre knob is of the late 17th century."