Twyford nr. Melton Mowbray / Taiworde / Tuiuorde

There are two entries for this Twyford [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7310/twyford/] [accessed 9 July 2018], one of which mentions a priest, but not a church, in it, though there must have been one there. A font in Twyford church is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Described and illustrated in Simpson (1828) as a baptismal font of the Early English period/style; he notes the "stiff foliage, similar to that which appears on the stem of the Waltham Font" [this foliage is on the fourth corner of the basin, the other three being decorated with dog-tooth motif]; three sides of the font are plain, the fourth has a large cross. Described Paley (1844) as a "very handsome" font of the Transitional period". Illustrated in Rickman & Parker [woodcut by Orlando Jewitt] (1881): the baptismal font appears to consist of two main square blocks, basin and base, the basin slightly taller; the vertical angles of the basin have dog-tooth motif and one of the two visble sides has a large Greek 'fleurdelysée' cross in a circle on it; the other visible side is totally plain, as is the base. Another, much shorter square block is between the base and the plinth. The inner well of the basin is round. Rickman & Parker (1881) date the font to ca. 1200. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Early English period. Bond (1908) mentions the "foliated cross" motif and dates the font to the 13th century on account of the tooth [dog-tooth] ornamentation. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as Early English. In Pevsner (1984): "Font. Square, C13, with big borders of dogtooth at three angles, a many-lobed leaf at the fourth. On one of the surfaces a foliated cross." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK7299210094] reports: "Fittings include square font, C13, with dogtooth ornament on 3 corners and a lobed leaf on the fourth. East side has a foliated cross in a ring."