Hale nr. Brummore / Hales / Hall / La Hale

No entry found for this Hale in the Domesday survey [NB: there is an entry for Hale but it is on the Isle of Wight]. The Victoria County Council (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "Near the west doorway stands a circular font on a square base, which is probably of ancient date, with an added band of early 17th-century ornament." The Historic Churches Preservation Trust mentions that "the nave and the font are 14th century" [source: 'Recent Grants' issue of the Grants Cttee. Meeting of 22 June 2004, www.historicchurches.org.uk]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU1794718577] notes: "At west is medieval circular font on square base with early C17 carved band." The flat octagonal cover is modern." Judith Leigh [www.buildingconservation.com/articles/stmaryschurch/stmarys.htm] [accessed 17 September 2018] writes: "A church has existed on this steeply sloping site probably since pre-Domesday time, but the existing church’s foundations were laid in the 14th century by the neighbouring priory of Breamore."