Whitnash / Witenas

There is an entry for Whitnash [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3263/whitnash/] [accessed 11 February 2015] but there is no mention of cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "The church was originally given, between 1121 and 1129, by Lesceline widow of Humfrey the Domesday tenant of Whitnash, to Nostell Priory (Yorks.), [...] but she subsequently made a new grant of it, in conjunction with her husband Ralph de Mare, including 60 acres of land and the priest's manse, [...] to Kenilworth Priory [...] Except for the tower the church has been practically rebuilt within recent times, the chancel in 1855, the aisle in 1867, and the nave in 1880. The old church, judging from a drawing in the Aylesford Collection, consisted of chancel, aisleless nave (both probably of 13th-century origin), and the existing tower, and an 18th-century south porch. [...] The font stands to the west of the south door and is dated 1848." The Victorian font is located west of the south doorway.