Kenchester nr. Hereford / Chenecestre

There is an entry for Kenchester in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO4342/kenchester/] [accessed 19 April 2023]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Romilly Allen (1888: 172) mentions Kenchester's as one of several "fonts made out of Roman columns". Described in Cox & Harvey (1907: 201) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Norman period, "supposed by some to be cut out of a Roman column". Described and illustrated in Bond (1908: 97-99 and ill. on p. 98), who states that "it is plain that the lower part of the upper block has been roughly chamfered from a column from Magna Castra in the adjoining fields". The basin is almost cylindrical, tall and narrow; it stands on a cylindrical column the lower base of which is wider and ornamented with a round moulding at the upper edge. Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928: 21) as a baptismal font made from Roman dressed stone. The inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 95) describes it as a "tall cylindrical bowl with tapered under edge and shallow basin, round stem and moulded base, perhaps re-used Roman material on 12th or 13th-century base." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO4341443248] notes: "Parish church. Late C12, C13 bellcote, C15 south porch, C17 alterations to chancel roof, restorations of 1909 and 1925 […] Font: tall odd shaped cylindrical bowl with round stem on moulded base, C12 or C13 base and bowl possibly of re-used Roman material." [cf. Index entry for Ringmore No. 2 for a somewhat similar basin]