Barnsley / Bearmodeslea / Bechebrie

There is an entry for Barnsley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP0705/barnsley/] [accessed 3 October 2018]; the entry mentions a priest as one of the lords in 1086 and "3.0 church lands", but not the church itself, though there must have been one in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 7, 1981) notes: "The Norman church apparently comprised chancel and nave and from that church survive the corbel table, now partly concealed, the chancel arch responds, the north doorway, and the bases of a south doorway. [...] The font was replaced c. 1840 by a Norman one, originally from Bradwell (Oxon.), but in 1845 that was returned to Bradwell and a close copy of it made for Barnsley." Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note: "A copy of the Norman font at Broadwell, Oxfordshire, which found its way into Barnsley church for a few years, and was returned to its proper guardians in 1845." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP0772905095] notes: "Anglican parish church. C12 foundation, with subsequent alterations of every century, including substantial restoration of 1843-7", but mentions no font in it. [NB: we do not have any information on the whereabouts of this replica font, nor on when the font was actually made] The present font at St. Mary's is of quatrefoil shape, probably Victorian.