Woodmancote nr. Henfield / Odemancote

Noted in Walker (1908) and in Drummond-Roberts (1935). Harrison (1920) reports a late-Norman font in this church. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 6, pt. 3, 1987) notes: "There was a church in 1086 [...] The advowson was given by Simon le Count in the mid 1220s to the Knights Templar, [...] passing in the early 14th century to the Knights Hospitaller. [...] the dedication [to St. Peter] is first recorded in 1886 [...] The square font, partly of Sussex marble, on five cylindrical shafts, is 12th-century". Described in Whiteman (1994): "The 12th-century has a typical Norman shape, a square bowl on five cylindrical shafts, though its small size is unusual". Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008): "small font with a square bowl of polished Sussex marble . The basin is extremely wide and has no lead lining. The lower edges of the bowl are chamfered in line with small corner capitals. These are carved with trefoil-shaped, stiff-leaf foliage. The fat central column is of Sussex marble but the four angle colonnettes and water-holding bases are of sandstone and are probably modern repairs. The font stands on a square plinth". The CRSBI (ibid.) entry notes it as one in a group of "fonts with moulded capitals which form part of a square bowl"; the CRSBI includes in this group the fonts at Cuckfield, Heyshott, Iford, Ripe, Slindon, West Hoathly and Woodmancote".