Withybrook

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Withybrook Church. All Saints' is the epitome of the country church; it is of 12th century origin (although rebuilt in the 14th century and the tower added in the 15th century) and is surrounded by an immaculately kept churchyard."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 February 2014 by Stephen McKay [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3837042] [accessed 12 February 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19722WIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints [aka St. George's]
Church Patron Saints: All Saints [and/or St. George?]
Church Location: Church Lane, Withybrook, Warwickshire CV7 9LS
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 12 km NW of Rugby, 13 km NE of Coventry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry [formerly in the Diocese of Worcester]
Historical Region: Hundred of Knightlow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [basin and lower base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
No entry found for Withybrook in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "Withybrook is said to have originally ranked as a chapelry of Monks Kirby, [...] though in 1205 Nicholas son of Liulf was, at least temporarily, successful in his claim to present to the church. [...] The church [...] was rebuilt in the 14th century when the aisles were added. The only evidence of an earlier church is a late-12thcentury font. Late in the 15th century the tower was built, the aisle being widened to accommodate it, the chapel and clearstory added, and the chancel partly rebuilt. It was restored in 1821 and again in 1890. [...] at the western end [of the south aisle] a badly mutilated late12th-century stone font with a circular basin on a shaft with a moulded base standing on a square pedestal; the shaft is modern." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP4369584136] (1960) reports: "font, possibly late C12, has round basin, moulded foot and square base."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.453122, -1.359844
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 27′ 11.24″ N, 1° 21′ 35.44″ W
UTM: 30U 611453 5812703

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-02-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.