Tewin / Lower Green / Teuuinge / Tewinge / Theunge / Thewinge / Tuyng / Tywyng / Upper Green

There are two separate entries for Tewin [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey: 1) one is the Hundred of Hertford, in the lordship of "Healfdene <of Hanslope>" in 1066 and also in 1086 [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL2714/tewin/] [accessed 9 November 2016]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it; 2) one is in the Hundred of Broadwater, and in the lordship and tenantship of Westminster Abbey both in 1066 and 1086 [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL2714/tewin/] [accessed 9 November 2016]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it [NB: the two entries in Domesday are accounted for by the two parts in which the village is geographically divided: Lower Green and Upper Green; the church is located in the Lower Green [source VCH below]]. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911) reports a holy-water stoup, "near the S. doorway, deep oval recess, of rude workmanship" in this church [no separate entry in this Index]. The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The nave, and probably the chancel, were erected in the late 11th or early 12th century. Early in the 13th century the chancel was altered and possibly partly rebuilt; later in the same century or early in the next the south aisle was added and clearstory windows inserted above the arcade. [...] The west tower was built about the end of the 15th century and the south porch added in the 16th century. The church was repaired during the 19th century, and in 1902 it was carefully restored"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The English Heritage entry for this church [Listing NGR: TL2681214256] (1966) reports a "C18 font with fluted and gadrooned bowl, unfinished stem" here. Pevsner & Cherry (1977) report: "Font. Fluted C18 bowl." [NB: the oldest parts of the church date back to the 11th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]