Wappenbury / Wapeberie

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view of church exterior - north view
view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 19717WAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Wappenbury, Warwickshire, CV33 9DW
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A423, 7-8 km NE of Leamington Spa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Marton [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Aidan McRae Thomson, of Warwickshire Churches [warwickshirechurches.weebly.com/], for his photographs of this church
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Wappenbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3769/wappenbury/] [accessed 11 February 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church here. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "The church was built in the 13th century and then consisted of chancel and nave. Early in the 14th century a west tower was built on the south side of the nave, together with a south aisle and porch. The nave and south aisle were completely 'restored' c. 1825 (fn. 61) but were pulled down in 1886 and rebuilt in the character of 14th-century work, and at the same time a south porch and transept were added and the whole church re-roofed. [...] The tower [,,,] has a modern tiled floor with three steps down into the aisle. Placed on the top step is a modern plain tapered circular stone font." The font is not mentioned in the English Heritage listing. There is no church or chapel recorded in Eathorpe in the sources consulted.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 19′ 13.19″ N, 1° 26′ 51.32″ W
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-02-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.