Stoke Lyne / Stoches

There are three entries for Stoke Lyne [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP5628/stoke-lyne/] [accessed 24 October 2017], neither of which mentions priest or church in it. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 6, 1959) notes: "The earliest reference to Stoke church occurs in the mid-12th century, when it was granted to Notley Abbey (Bucks.) by Walter Giffard, the overlord of the manor, and his wife [...] The nave and chancel were built in the 12th century, and both the chancel arch and the fine south doorway are Romanesque work of this period [...] The round font is medieval". No font mentioned in Sherwod & Pevsner (1974). The font consists of a cylindrical basin with a wider lower half; the upper volumes is decorated with inscribed motifs set at 90-degree angles, but they may be a later re-carving; the wider lower base is multi-block. The over-the-rim lining is modern. The conical wooden cover appears modern as well; it has no finial but the hook at the top must have been intended to be attached to a pulley or similar originally.