Harpsden / Harpendene

There is an entry for Harpsden [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU7680/harpsden/] [accessed 10 January 2018], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography of England: Oxfordshire (1850) notes: "The font good round N[orman], with the scallop and cable ornaments." Noted in Kelly's Oxford Directory of 1911: "the font is of the same date" as the early-Norman south doorway. Noted in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974): "Font. C12, tub-shaped with a band of scallop decoration and cable-moulding." Baptismal font of the tub-shape type in which the rope braided with pearl-string centre ring appears to have girdled or 'waisted' the cylinder; above the ring a pattern of ribs or flutes; below it, plain but for a flat moulding at the very bottom [the lower part appears to be modern]; raised on a modern plinth; round wooden cover, probably modern as well. The Victoria County History (Oxon., vol. 16, 2011) notes: "In the Middle Ages Harpsden comprised two separate parishes, Harpsden and Bolney, each with its own church. The parishes were amalgamated in the 15th century, and only Harpsden church remained in use [...] The two medieval churches were very poor. In 1254 Harpsden church was valued at only 5 marks (£3 6s. 8d.), and Bolney at a mere £1 [...] The fixtures and fittings of Bolney church were transferred to Harpsden [...] Harpsden church is a medieval structure substantially rebuilt in the mid 19th century. The oldest elements appear to date from the 12th century [...] the survival of a 12th-century font in Harpsden church suggests that both churches had baptismal rights."