Carbrooke / Cherebroc / Great Carbrook

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church itself is dedicated to St. Peter and Paul, and so was the high altar [...] The Church is a regular pile, rebuilt about the beginning of Henry the Sixth's reign; it consists of a nave, two isles, two porches, and chancel, which are all covered with lead; there is a lofty square tower at the west-end, and in it are five good bells." Blomefield (ibid.) names "Peter Drury, brother" as first recorded rector, in 1332. Blomefield (ibid.) cites the Domesday entry for 'Cherebroc', with mention of a church with twentythree acres of land in it [="i. ecclesia, xxiiii. acr."] A font here is described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as the surviving base of an old baptismal font from this church. Pevsner & Wilson (1999) note: Octagonal, with a variety of C14 tracery patterns." [NB: no mention of its composite nature? Or, was Tyrrell-Green writing of an earlier font's base? -- the present church goes back to the 13th century, and there was a church here by 1086].