Denchworth / Denchesworde / Denecheswrth / Deniceswurth

No entry for Denchworth found in the Domesday survey. Murray (1882) reports a good Peprendicular font in this church. Described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "Font octagonal." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Keyser (1914) mentions a 15th-century font and the recess for a stoup in the south wall, just east of the south doorway. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The church of South Denchworth in 1086 was in the fee of Ferrers, which subsequently became part of the duchy of Lancaster. [...] A small part of the south nave wall is of 12thcentury date, but in the 13th century the nave appears to have been rebuilt and lengthened [...] The 15th-century octagonal font has a quatrefoil inclosing a rose in each face, the base is moulded, and the intermediate faces of the stem have attached shafts." Octagonal basin with vertcal sides decorated with a floral motif inscribed in a quatrefoil-in-a-circle-in-a-square on each side, moulded underbowl, raised on an octagonal pedestal base decorated with mouldings, and four attached colonnettes on alternate sides; on a low octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. The wooden font cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern.