Nutfield / Notfeld / Notfelle / Notfeud / Nutefeld / Nuttefeld

There is an entry for Nutfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/nutfield-and-south-nutfield/] [accessed 15 December 2015]; it mentions a church in it. There is a watercolour of this font by John Hassell, of ca. 1825, in the Surrey History Centre [www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHILL_19870] [accessed 8 September 2010] [ref. no.: 08200 00006]. Brayley (1850) reports the mention of a church in 'Notfelle' in Domesday (1086) and describes the font he found: "The font is octagonal, and ornamented with quatrefoils in panels. It is supported by a small octagonal pillar, rising from a circular pedestal: on the former are the letters H.H.I.W. and the date 1665". Noted in Hussey (1852) and in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "The plan of the nave doubtless dates from the 12th century, but the oldest architectural details are to be found in the chancel, which inclines southward from the axis of the nave, and seems to have replaced the 12th-century chancel early in the 13th century [...] The font is dated 1665, but the octagonal panelled bowl is clearly some two centuries earlier, and the date doubtless records its return to the church after having been thrown out by Puritan fanatics in the time of the Commonwealth." Noted in the British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-287496-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-nutfield] [accessed 8 September 2010]: "C15 stone octagonal font bowl on stem of 1665 with quatrefoil decoration and inscription on stem reading "HH TW 1665""

[NB: we have no information on the earlier font]