Whippingham / Wipingeham / Witingeham / Wyppingham

There are three entries for Whippingham [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ5193/whippingham/] [accessed 14 February 2020] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "A church must have been in existence at the time of Domesday, as it was one of those granted to the abbey of Lire; ; the chancel, which was the earliest part of the church as it existed at the end of the 18th century, was of the 13th century, [...] and it may be that it and the tower at the west end were added to an original 11th-century nave. [...] The only remains of this original church is the roughly-sculptured stone [...] now inserted in the wall of the south porch. In 1804 the church was reconstructed by Nash and in 1854–60 pulled down and rebuilt." Lloyd & Pevsner (2006) note: "font of 1861 (installed 1864) was designed by Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's daughter. Square bowl with three medallions on each side; marble columns with foliate capitals." They also report a second: "The old font nearby makes a telling contrast; it is a Green Doric column supporting a small square bowl. Was it designed by Nash?" [i.e., John Nash (1752-1835, Victorian architect; lived in East Cowes]. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font(s) of this church].