Duns Tew / Dunstew / Teowe / Tewa / Tewam / Tuuam

There are four entries for [Duns] Tew [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP4528/duns-tew/] [accessed 20 November 2017], none of which mentions priest or church in it. Kelly's Oxford Directory of 1911 notes: "the font is doubtfully Transitional". Described in the Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846): "The font is a clumsy imitation of Norman, probably of the time of Charles II. [i.e., mid- to late-17th cent.] In Sherwood & Pevsner (1974): "Norman, with zig-zag decoration round the rim and a band of arches enclosing trefoils above a modern base." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Oxon. vol. 11, 1983) notes: "Before 1198 the church was given to Merton priory, probably by one of the Tew family who were associated with the priory in the mid 12th century [...] The south doorway and a lancet window in the north wall of the chancel survive from a late 12th- or early 13th-century building [...] The font is probably 12th-century." The font, dated as Norman in Lindsay (1994), is round and decorated with chevron motif around the upper basin side, while the lower side is ornamented with foliage motif.