Nether Whitacre / Witecore

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INFORMATION
FontID: 19579WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Location: Dog Lane, Nether Whitacre, West Midlands, B46 2DY
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A51 [Tamworth-Coventry road]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Birmingham
Historical Region: Hundred of Coleshill [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Hemlingford
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for [Nether] Whitacre [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2392/nether-whitacre/] [accessed 17 December 2014], but neither mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "Already by 1280 the chapel of Nether Whitacre was appropriated to Markyate Priory [...] The tower dates from the 16th century—the first half or middle—but the remainder of the building has no ancient features except the jambs of the east window and the rubble walling, which may be 14th-century work. The building was restored in 1870 [...] The font and other fittings and furniture are modern. [...] The registers of baptisms and burials begin in 1539 but are defective and out of chronological order". The present octagonal stone font dates from the 1870 renovation of this church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.532581, -1.660897
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 31′ 57.29″ N, 1° 39′ 39.23″ W
UTM: 30U 590833 5821119
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2014-12-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.