Hambledon nr. Portsmouth / Ambledune / Hamledune / Hamuldon

There are two entries for this Hambledon [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6415/hambledon/] [accessed 26 June 2018], neither of which mentions priest or church in it. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. [NB: county is given as Berkshire in C&H]. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) reports a modern font in this church, but notes that the church goes back to pre-Conquest times. A font from Hambledon is reported in 2008 at the church of All Saints, in Denmead: "It is from the 14th or 15th century, and was originally the font of St Peter & St Paul Hambledon, the mother church of All Saints'. During the restoration of Hambledon church in the 1870's it was removed to make way for a new font in memory of the Reverend Thomas Patteson. In 1880 the ancient font was rescued from Hambledon churchyard, cleaned and presented to All Saints' where it was used for the first christening on 8th May 1891" [source: http://www.allsaintsdenmead.hampshire.org.uk/history.php [21 December 2008]]