Cogges / Coges / Coggs

There is an entry for Cogges [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP3609/cogges/] [accessed 27 November 2017], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Kelly's Oxford Directory of 1911 notes: "the font and the inner doorway of the porch are [...] Transtion Norman". Noted in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974): "Norman, tub-shaped, on an octagonal C14 base." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 12 1990) notes: "Manasser Arsic's gift to Fécamp abbey, confirmed in 1103, included Cogges church with its land; ([...] architectural evidence suggests that the church existed by the third quarter of the 11th century. It probably began as a chapel within Eynsham minster parish, for in 1238 Eynsham abbey was receiving, 'from of old', the yearly crop of four demesne acres at Cogges in return for permitting burial there; [...] since the render, worth 6s. 8d. in 1270, came from the demesne rather than from the priory lands, the concession was presumably negotiated before 1103. The church was closely associated with the adjoining priory, which may have shared it with the villagers [...] The nave was originally aisleless; it has high, thin walls with large quoins on the west corners, and may be preConquest. The south aisle, added in the late 12th century, retains a column with a scalloped capital. In the mid 13th century the chancel was rebuilt on spacious lines [...] The plain tub-shaped font is probably 12th century, on a late medieval polygonal base". The CRSBI (2017) notes: "The church also boasts a plain font, probably 12thc [...] At W end of nave, in centre. Tub-shaped bowl. Oolitic limestone. The bowl is plain except for a broad, slightly hollow chamfer around the lower part of its surface, sloping inwards to a roll-moulding at the base. In the top edge are two modern stone patches in diametrically opposite positions, presumably replacing fixings. Stem, probably original, cylindrical at the top but cut to six flat segmental-headed faces. The stem stands on a chamfered plinth, built of several blocks of which some bear diagonal tooling. Below is a modern hexagonal base-plinth."