Therfield / Dereuelde / Furreuuelde / Furrewelde / Terfeud / Tertefeud / Tharfiedld / Therefeud / Theresfelde / Tirefeld / Tiresfeld / Torfeld / Trefel / Trefeud

There are two entries for Therfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3337/therfield/] [accessed 25 October 2016], one of which mentions a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there; the other part had been held in 1066 by "Alric the priest", but in 1086 was held by "Wigar (of Orwell)". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911): "Font: octagonal with plain, moulded basin, late 14th-century." The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The earliest definite record of the church is a papal bull of 1178 confirming the abbey of Ramsey in possession of it. [...] The church [...] was rebuilt in 1878, some of the old material being re-used. The windows in the chancel, all but the one in the east wall, are from the old church [...] The octagonal font belongs to the late 14th century; the basin is plain, with mouldings underneath, and mouldings to the base."