Little Parndon / Perenduna / Perinduna

There are six entries for [Great and Little] Parndon in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/great-and-little-parndon/] [accessed 7 June 2018], none of which mentions priest or church in it. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) notes: "Font: Now in grounds at Netteswell Hall--octagonal bowl, with moulded lower edge, 15th-century." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 8, 1983) notes: "The church of ST. MARY, which stands north of Elizabeth Way, near Parndon mill, was rebuilt in 1868. The previous church, on the same site, was a small building comprising nave and chancel in one, north vestry, south porch, and western bell turret. The east window probably dated from the 14th century. [...] A writer of c. 1830 described it as a 'miserable structure'. [...] In 1868 it was declared to be 'rude and dilapidated' and insufficient for the needs of the parish. [...] It was indeed very small: in 1851 there were only 80 seats [...] Fittings preserved from the old church include a 14thcentury piscina, a bell of c. 1630, a silver paten of 1569 and a cup probably of the same date"; no font is mentioned in the VCH entry.