Bromesberrow / Bremes-byrig / Bremesberghe / Bromesburgh / Brommesberewe / Brommesberwe / Brunmeberge

No individual entry found for Bromesberrow in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 12, 2010) notes: "In the late 11th century Ralph de Tony granted the greater part of his demesne tithes to the abbey founded at Conches (Eure) by his father Roger. [...] The medieval parish church comprised chancel and nave with a low belfry over the west end. [...] The earliest surviving fabric dates from the early 13th century [...] Bromesberrow church was extensively restored and enlarged in 1857 and 1858 [...] The font is a featureless limestone tub, which if in situ may indicate that there was already a church at Bromesberrow in the late 12th century. [...] In 1875 the tower was reconstructed with a timber spire in the French Gothic style [...] and the Norman font set within an ornate stone casing (removed in 1938) and mounted on an octagonal plinth." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO7422433669] notes: "Parish church. C13, 14, 1502, 1725 chapel; nave rebuilt, north aisle added 1858, top of tower and spire 1875, vestry 1910. [...] Plain tub-shaped Norman font on 1875 stone base." Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Norman tub-shaped bowl." [NB: the font is older than the fabric of the church]. Noted and illustrated in 'Bromesberrow Church' [http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/resources/assets/P/Picture_Gallery_Bromesberrow_Church_2209.pdf] [accessed 15 December 2008]: "The Norman font is a plain limestone tub and in 1875 was encased in an ornate octagonal stone cover, supported on pillars with bases and capitals. This was removed in 1938. An illustration of the Victorian font casing hangs at the west end of the north aisle."