West Hendred / Hennarithe / Henret / Henreth

There are eight entries for [East and West] Hendred [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/east-and-west-hendred/] [accessed 27 May 2015], two of which mention a church in each. Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham June 1888 accompanied by the following description: "Octagonal. Circular bowl, very roughly lined with lead, vertical sides, 12 3/4 deep, 4" margin: Heavy oak pyramidal cover, carved panels at foot, and date 1630, with initials. Position, S. side of W. pier, S. arcade." Noted and illustrated in Keyser (1918), the date on the cover recorded as well. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "There was a church in West Hendred at the time of the Norman Conquest. [...] The church appears to have been entirely rebuilt during the 14th century [...] The font has a plain octagonal bowl and stem and an octagonal pyramidal cover capped with an acorn and having carved panels, one being inscribed 'A.D. 1630 I.P, TS.'"