Meldreth / Melrede

There are nine entries for Meldreth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3746/meldreth/] [accessed 7 June 2016], two which mention a church in each; four priests altogether are noted as being lords in 1066: Leofwin, Edric, Almer and Godwin. Interestingly none of them appear as either lords or tenants in 1086. The English Heritage entry for this church [Listing NGR: TL3777746837] (1967) reports: "Font C14. Octagonal bowl of limestone on octagonal stem. Quatrefoils carved to each face of bowl." Pevsner (1970) writes: "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoil panels." The Victoria County History (Cambridge, vol. 8, 1982) notes: "In 1066 a church or monasterium at Meldreth belonged to Ely abbey. The five priests there, who were sokemen of Ely, probably served that small minster. [...] After the priests mentioned in 1066 no rector is recorded until the late 12th century. [...] The unusually long [present] chancel dates from the 12th century and perhaps echoes the size of an earlier minster"; no font is mentioned in the VCH entry for this parish.