Abinger / Abinceborne / Abinworth / Abyngeworth / Abyngworth

There is an entry for Abinger [variant spelling] in the the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ1145/abinger/] [accessed 13 December 2015]; it mentions one church in it: "Ibi eccl[esi]a". The font in this church was, by Allen's time (1831), "a modern font of marble", located at the west end of the nave; the church, however, had been valued in the 'valor' of Edward I, ca, 1292. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "There is no mention in Domesday Book of a church in Abinger [cf. supra]; no record of it has been found until a presentation by Adam de Gurdon at some date between 1282 and 1304. [...] The present nave is that of an early 12th-century church which had a chancel smaller than the present one. About 1220 this chancel was rebuilt and made equal in width to the nave, and a north chapel was added at the same time or very soon after. From that date the building remained little altered to modern times, when a south vestry and organ bay were added and a south porch built (1857). [...] The font at the west of the nave is modern, in 13th-century style". The present baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin, four sides decorated with a trillium floral motif alternating with four blank sides; raised on moulded cylindrical pedestal base and a minuscule square plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with a knob finial, and appears to be contemporary with the font. [NB: the original church is believed to have been consecrated in the 13th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]