Corley / Cornelie

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph [Nov. 2010?] by Spanglefish [www.spanglefish.com/corleyvillage/index.asp?pageid=244604] [accessed 3 December 2014]

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design element - patterns - crenellated

Scene Description: around the chamfer, below the inscription

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inscription

Scene Description: believed to be the initials of two churchwardens and the date "1661" [which may record the date of the font itself, or, as was common in the Restoration period, that of its return to the church]

Image Source: digital photograph [Nov. 2010?] by Spanglefish [www.spanglefish.com/corleyvillage/index.asp?pageid=244604] [accessed 3 December 2014]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Corley Church, south doorway. Pevsner (The Buildings of England, Warwickshire 1966) describes the Norman doorway: "One order of shafts with capitals with 2 spiral volutes. Tympanum with rows of chip-carved saltire crosses.""

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 November 2010 by E Gammie [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2162805] [accessed 3 Decmber 2014]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "A sandstone built Norman church, dating from the 12th century with late 19th century renovation."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 November 2010 by E Gammie [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2162774] [accessed 3 Decmber 2014]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph [Nov. 2010?] by Spanglefish [www.spanglefish.com/corleyvillage/index.asp?pageid=244604] [accessed 3 December 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19549COR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [cf. FontNotes]

Church Location: Church Lane, Corley, Warwickshire CV7 8AY

Country Name: England

Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Coventry

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry

Historical Region: Hundred of Coleshill [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Hemlingford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1661

Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Restoration

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is entry for this Corley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3085/corley/] [accessed 3 December 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "The advowson of the church of Corley was evidently granted with the manor to the Ringesdons, for Adam de Ringesdon presented a clerk called Robert about 1190. When Hugh de Nonant, Bishop of Coventry, expelled the monks of Coventry in 1191 he came to Corley and took the church away from Robert, the parson appointed by Adam, and afterwards consecrated the church. [...] The parish church (of St. Mary? dedication uncertain) consists of a chancel, nave, and north aisle. The nave is of early-12th-century origin and was very small, not more than about 28 ft. long. [...] The font has a round bowl with a moulded top edge and chamfered lower. A panel in its side is inscribed RR 1661 RI cw. The stem is plain, the base moulded." The font here is described and illustrated in the Spanglefish entry for Corley [www.spanglefish.com/corleyvillage/index.asp?pageid=244604] [accessed 3 December 2014]: "The stone Font stands on a square plinth. It has a round bowl and a wooden lid with a mounted cross. The inscription reads RR 1661 RI CW. It is thought that the CW perhaps stands for Church-Wardens, but the other letters remain a mystery. The Font could be earlier than the date suggests." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original early-12th century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.46302, -1.558402

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 27′ 46.87″ N, 1° 33′ 30.25″ W

UTM: 30U 597940 5813516

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters and numbers

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Text: "RR 1661 RI CW"

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2014-12-03 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.