Bayford / Begeford / Begesford [Domesday] / Beiford / Beyford / Byfordberi

There is an entry for Bayford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3108/bayford/] [accessed 1 November 2016]; it mentions a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. A font here is reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848: "ancient octangular font ornamented with quatrefoils and roses." Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertforshire (1911): "Font: late 15th-century; octagonal; bowl with panelled sides ornamented with Tudor roses and a moulded under edge; the base is moulded." The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "Bayford Church, which is mentioned as early as 1222, [...] was a chapelry pertaining to the rectory of Essendon [...] until 1867 [...] The church was built in 1870 close to the site of the old church, which has disappeared, but some of its fittings are preserved in the present church. [...] The octagonal font is of late 15th-century date; the panelled sides of the bowl are ornamented with Tudor roses, the base is moulded." The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TL3097408840] (1966) notes: "Parish church. 1870-71 by Henry Woodyer for William Robert Baker of Bayfordbury, incorporating font and monuments from medieval church demolished 1803 and replaced by yellow brick church in 1804 on site to N of present church, demolished 1870. [...] On an iron crane fixed to the W wall a very tall C19 wooden font-cover in the form of an E[arly]E][nglish] spire with carved stages, crockets and finial. Late C15 octagonal clunch font on heavy moulded base. Panelled sides of bowl alternately a Tudor rose in a quatrefoil, and trefoil panels. Moulded under edge." In Pevsner & Cherry (1977): "Font: Perp[endicular], octagonal, with simple tracery and quatrefoil motifs."