Hethel / Hathella / Hayele / Hethell / Hethella / Hethill / Hethwold

Blomfield (1805-1810) writes: Hethill "belonged to Olf, one of the Confessor's thanes [...] The church had then 30 acres of glebe, and belonged to the manor" [NB: Blomfield refers to the only survey source, the Domesday Books, especifically here to folio 121, which reads: "Hethella tenuit Olfus [...] et i. ecclesia xxx. acr."]. "The church of Hayele or Hethill, is dedicated to all the Saints, and had an image of all the saints, and a gild kept before it, of the same dedication. The rector had a house and 50 acres of glebe, when Norwich Domesday was made [...] the church is 33 feet long, and 22 broad; and the chancel 26 feet long and 13 broad; the nave and north isle are leaded, and the north porch tiled; the steeple is square, about 56 feet high, and hath only one bell." Blomefield (ibid.) names "Arnald Lupi de Tillyo, an Italian, was presented by the King", the first recorded rector here in 1312. Blomefield (ibid.) mentions the font in this church twice, but they are both indirect references related to grevestones near it, without description of the vessel itself. A font is illustrated in context in Knott (2006), octagonal and plain except for a moulded underbowl; it is whitewashed and, from its general appearance alone, could be either late-medieval or a Victorian replacement; it has a wooden octagonal cover on it. [NB: the church may date back to Anglo-Saxon times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]