Hambleton nr. Oakham / Halmededn / Hambledon / Hameldon / Hameldune / Hamildon / Hamuldon / Upper Hambleton

No entry found for this Hambleton in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "The church of Hambleton and its dependent churches [...] were granted by the Confessor to Westminster Abbey, a grant confirmed by William I in 1067. [...] However, in 1086, when Hambleton had three churches and three priests, Albert the Lotharingian clerk held of the king the churches of Oakham, Hambleton and St. Peter, Stamford. [...] Before his death William I restored these churches to the Abbey 'as Albert of Lorraine held them'; and a further charter of Rufus ordered the sheriff to do right to the Abbey concerning the churches of Rutland that Osbern the clerk held, and to cause it to have all its lawful churches as in the days of the king's father. [...] In the main the building is of late 12th-century date (c. 1180–90) [...] The font is ancient and may be of 12th-century date; it has a square bowl with bevelled angles, [...] and stands on a short stem and chamfered plinth [...] The bevel at the angles widens from 4 in. to 7 in. at the bottom, the height of the bowl being 19 in. It has a moulded rim." Like the basin itself, the stem and lower base or plinth are also square with the angles beveled. The wooden cover is flat and round, plain, though the outer side is crenellated; appears Victorian.