Leconfield / Lachinfeld / Lachinfelt / Lekonfield

There are three entries for Leconfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA0143/leconfield/] [accessed 31 July 2014], but there is no mention of church or cleric in any of them. English Heritage [Listing NGR: TA0151043748] (1968) notes: "Church. C12 or earlier nave, early C13 aisles, raised in C14, late C13 chancel, C17 west tower and south porch of 1684 on datestone over door", but does not mention a font in it. The present baptismal font appears to be Victorian, of the mid 1850s, the date of the latest renovation of this old church. It consists of an odd-looking basin with the upper 1/3 round while the rest is octagonal with plain vertical sides, the only decoration being a graded moulding at the underbowl chamfer; raised on a coloured marble stem, in the favoured Victorian style, and a moulded stone lower base. The wooden cover flat and round, with a cross reinforcement at the top appears contemporary with the font. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this mainly 13th-14th century church]