Rodmell / Radmelde / Radmill / Ramelle / Redmelde / Redmelle / Rodmel

Noted in Hussey (1852): "The font is large, square, and plain, the sides merely adorned with four round arches, perfectly simple, and very slightly sunk below the general surface. The original supports at the corners seem totally lost; the material is Weald marble." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Harrison (1920) reports a Norman font in the baptistery, which is entered through a semi-circular arch and lighted by lancets." Noted in Drummond-Roberts (1935). The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 7, 1940) notes: "There was a church at Rodmell at the time of the Domesday Survey. Between 1091 and 1095, William II of Warenne granted the church to Lewes Priory. [...] The general plan of the nave and chancel appears to belong to the middle of the 12th century, [...] The font has only been here since the modern vestry was built. [...] The font has a simple square bowl ornamented with rather crudely incised arcading, and is of the end of the 12th century. There is a simple four-panelled cover of late-16th-century date." Described in Whiteman (1994): "The square Norman font is carved with shallow arcading". Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008) with date in the late 12th century. [NB: we have no information on the font from the 11th-century church here].