Moulsford / Moleford / Molesford / Molisford / Mollesford / Moulsford / Muleford / Mulseford

A font here is described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "Font a rude octagonal bowl, resting on two steps, early English or Decorated". The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) informs: "In 1846 the old church was taken down and the present building erected on the old foundations [...] In the west wall is a small lancet window of original 13th-century date", but there is no mention of the font, but the VCH notes that baptisms at the old church are recorded since 1772. [NB: an architectural feasibility study by John Radice, architect, [http://www.radice.org.uk/churches/stjohn.htm -- undated -- accessed 4 January 2009] shows three possible options for renovation, the second of which involves relocating the font -- the modern font is located in the space beneath the tower, curiously, on an existing tombstone]. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the medieval font].