Brandon Parva / Brandim / Little Brandon

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to All the Saints; when Norwich Domesday was wrote, the rector had a grange or barn, and 20 acres of land; and what is remarkable, there remains exact the same quantity at this day [...] The nave, chancel, and south porch are all leaded; the tower is square, having in it three bells". Blomefield (ibid.) names "Ernald de Hegham" as first recorded rector here, in 1301. A font in this church is illustrated in Knott (2006); the present font consists of a plain octagonal basin of vertical sides and graded underbowl chamfer, raised on an octagonal pedestal base with cusped arches or windows on the sides, and a moulded lower base, also octagonal. The whole font appears covered in white-wash, the stone too sharp to be anything else but a Victorian rendering of a typical 15th-century font. Two-step octagonal plinth. Thw wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern as well. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original Domesday-time church here]