East Lockinge / Lachinges / Laking / Lokyng / West Lockinge

There is an entry for [East] Lockinge [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU4287/east-lockinge/] [accessed 27 May 2015], which reports a church and half-a-hide of church lands in it. The Domesday survey entry for [West] Lockinge [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU4287/west-lockinge/] [accessed 27 May 2015] mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "The old cylindrical font is in the churchyard, displaced by a modern font in the Norman style." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Noted and illustrated in Keyser (1918), who nwrites: "the font [...] has undergone many vicissitudes, but has fortunately been reinstated in the Church." The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "There was a church in Lockinge in 1086 which belonged to the Abbot of Abingdon [...] The nave was apparently built about the middle of the 12th century, but of this the north doorway is the only remaining detail. [...] The fittings include a massive cylindrical font, probably of the 12th century, slightly tapering towards the base and finished square". Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped font of the Norman period. A notice posted inside the church informs that this font, dated in the notice to ca. 1150, at some point in the past "was moved into the churchyard to 'catch the drip' and a new one was put in the church. However, during repairs to a cracked bell in 1852 the new font was damaged and the old font was restored to its place. The second font, now repaired, is in Hermitage Church."