Cameley / Camelei

There is an entry for Cameley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST6157/cameley/] [accessed 31 July 2025]; t mentions neither priest nor church in it. A font here is described in Pevsner (1958): "Square, Norman, with three scallops on the underside of each side." Baptismal font consisting of a square basin with scalloped lower sides, scallops that project toward the top of the round pedestal base forming thick ribs; at the top of the stem, forming the centre ring, is a rope moulding; the lower base is round and moulded on the upper level, square and plain on the lower. The whole stands on a quadrangulr plinth. The font cover, of the Jacobean design with eight scroll ribs around a central pivot, is reported to have been "made in 1634 for £1.12s. 4d" [source: www.westgallerychurches.com] [accessed November 2004]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST6102857566] notes: "Parish Church. Late C12, C15 west tower, minor late C19 restoration [...] Nave, at the tower arch, has Norman font with scalloped undersides, roped neck and moulded plinth. Wooden Jacobean font cover. "