Flamstead / Flamested / Flammestede

There is an entry for Flamstead in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL0714/flamstead/] [accessed 27 July 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "The church of Flamstead was originally a chapel annexed to the church of Redbourn, and belonged to the abbey of St. Albans, but at the beginning of the twelfth century it was sold by the abbot and separated from Redbourn. […] The tower, c. 1120, is the oldest part of the building, and the nave and chancel with which it was contemporary were probably of much the same size as those now existing, omitting the aisles and north vestry. [..] The font, in the fifth bay of the north arcade, shows no signs of antiquity; it is mentioned in the registers as having been repaired in 1852." The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertforshire (1911) reports: "Font: 15th-century, restored and re-tooled."