West Tarring / Tarring Peverell / Terringes

Hussey (1852) writes: "The font has been repaired, and perhaps altered, but seems to have been originally a sand-stone basin supported by eight shafts round the main stem." Harrison (1920) writes: "Font, modern; the old Perp[endicular] font was taken to Melbourne Cathedral." [cf. infra] The Victoria County History, Sussex (1980), however, notes: "The 19th century font replaces an octagonal medieval one the bowl of which was removed to Melbourne cathedral (Australia) by a memeber of the Henty family"; the footnote under this entry reads: "S.A.C., xliv, 44; Trans. Extr. Rec. Past, 4; E.R. Orger, Life of Hen. Bailey (1912), 123-5." The VCH (ibid.) further notes on this church: "There was a church at West Tarring in 1086. [...] Extensive restoration in the 19th century replaced many of the original features, but the outline of the history of the building is still clear. The nave, which is of five bays, was rebuilt in the late 13th century". [NB: we have no information on the font from the 11th-century church here]. [NB: cf. Index entry for Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) for a font believed to be from another English location -- not clear whether the Melbourne churh was St. Patrick's or St. Paul's].