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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "In floor near modern font, base with mortises for round stem and eight detached shafts, 13th-century." Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as the surviving base of an old baptismal font from this church. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 4, 1956) notes: "The church dates from the 11th or 12th century but was largely rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries. [...] The north wall of the nave is part of the 11th-century church. The north doorway has a plain tympanum under a semicircular arch. [...] The door itself may also be of 11th- or 12th-century date. [...] The font, also in the aisle, is modern, but beside it is the base of the 13th century one."