Wishaw / Witscasa
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view of church exterior - south view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19581WIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Chad
Church Patron Saints: St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Church Location: The Gravel, Wishaw, Warwickshire, B76 9QB
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: The church -there is no village left- is located near Moxhull
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Birmingham
Historical Region: Hundred of Coleshill [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Hemlingford
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Wishaw [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1794/wishaw/] [accessed 17 December 2014]; it mentions a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "A priest is mentioned in this parish in Domesday Book, [...] and in 1291 the living was valued at £3 6s. 8d. annually. [...] The building is of 13th-century origin [...] All the fittings and furniture including the font are modern." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP1767794570] (1961) reports two fonts in this church, both modern: "C18 baluster font with gadrooned basin. C19 font, octagonal on cylindrical pedestal with waterholding base".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.548425, -1.740704
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 32′ 54.33″ N, 1° 44′ 26.53″ W
UTM: 30U 585389 5822783
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2014-12-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.