East Wittering / Westringes

There is an entry for [East] Wittering [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ7997/east-wittering/] [accessed 13 September 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it]. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports a Norman font in this church. There is no mention of a font in this church in the entries in Hussey (1852) or in Harrison (1920). The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "The church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary [...] consists of a modern chancel and a nave of the 12th century." The VCH (ibid.) shows a 1937 plan of this church with the font located in the west side of the nave, but the text describes it as a modern font. The British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-300850-church-of-the-assumption-of-st-mary-the-] [accessed 20 September 2012] notes: "Font probably old but wholly recut in C19." [NB: we have no other recent information on the earlier font]. [NB: the font at St. Anne's is, according to the parish web site [http://stanneschurcheastwittering.btck.co.uk/Links] [accessed 20 September 2012], "believed to come from St Anne's church, Eastbourne"].