Holcot nr. Bedford / Holecote / Hulcote

There are two entries for this Holcot [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9438/holcot/] [accessed 22 September 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Bedfordshire, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "In 1291 the church was valued at £8 [...] The [present] church is [...] a very interesting and complete specimen of a late 16th-century building [...] There is a small plain font under the west gallery, which is of the 17th century, supported by Doric columns." Noted in Pevsner (1968) as a baptismal font of the 18th century. The Holcot Parish Council web site [www.holcotvillage.co.uk/holcot-in-history/] [accessed 15 September 2011] notes: "The first Church in Holcot was endowed early in the 12th century by King David of Scotland. Building of the present Church, dedicated to St Mary and All Saints, began in the early 13th century" [NB: we have no information from the earlier medieval font(s) in this church].