Harmondsworth / Hermodesuuorde / Hermodesworde

There are two entries for Harmondsworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0577/harmondsworth/] [accessed 7 June 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Pevsner (1951) writes: "The font is absolutely unadorned, octagonal of Purbeck marble and on round shafts: c. 1200". The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Middlesex, vol. 4, 1971) notes the granting of the church at Harmondsworth to the Abbey of the Holy Trinity, in Rouen, France [footnoted "Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, i, ed. Davis, no. 29"]; the entry adds: "The oldest work in the church is in the south aisle which has a re-set south doorway of the mid 12th century, one of the two finest in Middlesex. [...] The plain octagonal font of Purbeck marble dates from c. 1200 [...] The church was extensively restored in 1862-3." Listed in Leach (1975) as a plain font made of Purbeck marble. The CRSBI (2019) notes "an octagonal Purbeck font; originally 13thc but with a shiny new bowl [...] the bowl is surely a modern replacement, especially as it has no signs of any locks or staples" in this church. The entry for this church in Historic England [Source ID: 1080201] notes: "Parish church. C12 south arcade and doorway, C13 north arcade. Chancel rebuilt 1396-98 [...] Baptistery: in base of tower. Contains font of c.1200 of Purbeck marble: octagonal bowl on plinth ringed by eight small circular shafts." Bob Speel mentions this font as well as "A smaller font, looking 1860ish, in pale stone on a carved central shaft, is tucked away in a corner" in his entry for this church [www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/harmondsworthch.htm] [accessed 7 June 2019]. [NB: of the sources consulted, only the CRSBI [cf. supra] appears to identify the basin as a modern replacement, although Bob Speel [cf. supra] suggests the font may have been re-tooled].