Cumnor / Colmanora / Comenore

There are three entries for Cumnor [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP4604/cumnor/] [accessed 2 June 2015], one of which mentions a church in it. The present font and cover are modern, noted in Howard & Crossley (1919). The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "There was a church at Cumnor at the time of the Domesday Survey. [...] The west tower and the middle part of the south wall of the nave [of the present church] date from the close of the 12th century." There is no font mentioned in the VCH (ibid.) although it notes the first register for baptisms at this church starting in 1559. The present font is octagonal, of the type without a distinguishable base that was not uncommon in this period in England, but this is a modern version of the old design; the sides are decorated with deeply-carved trefoil niches; the outer perimeter of the niche decorated with crocketed Ogee arches topped with flowery finials; at the upper angles of the basin, just below the rim moulding, human heads, at least one of which is crowned; a band of brass around the lower base chamfer bears a running inscription in Latin [transcription not available] that appears to refer to a former vicar of the Parish and be contemporary with the rest of the font. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].