Crowell No. 1 / Clawelle

There is an entry for Crowell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU7499/crowell/] [accessed 31 October 2017], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Kelly's Oxford Directory of 1911] reports a baptismal font of the Transitional period here. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 8, 1964) notes: "The original 12th-century church has been largely rebuilt [...] In the 13th century the chancel arch was rebuilt, a south doorway was added, and perhaps the holy-water stoup which is now in the south porch. A new font was installed". The VCH also notes that there is "an illustration of the font see MS. Top. Oxon. a 66, no. 198" [i.e., Bodleian Library, Oxford]. Neither font nor stoup mentioned in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974). The re-built font consists of a round basin of plain tapering sides with mouldings at both ends, raised on a broad central shaft and four outer colonnettes, on a modern two-step plinth; one of the colonnettes of the base appears original and has a decorated capital and a moulded base; the others appear modern and have just moulded bases. The wooden cover is flat and round, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern too.