Ansford / Almsford / Almundesford

There is an entry for Ansford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST6333/ansford/] [accessed 31 January 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor font in it. Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham October 1887 accompanied by the following description: "Circular bowl inside & out; lead lined, with sides slightly raked, flat bottom; 3 1/2 margin 9 1/2 deep. Modern cover." The entry for this church in the British Listed Buildings [Listing NGR: ST6382332909] reports "font a plain tub, possibly C13". The Parish web site [http://www.castlecaryallsaints.org.uk/] [accessed 11 September 2009] notes: "the font, the oldest artifact in the church, dating back to the 12th century". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 10, 2011) notes: "here was a church at Ansford by 1219 [...] and it was dedicated to St Andrew by 1253 [...] The medieval church of St Andrew was small and had a chancel and nave with Perpendicular windows, a south porch, and an embattled west tower of the 15thcentury [...] The tower and tub font are all that survives after Victorian rebuilding in mainly 13th-century style." The font is listed and illustrated in the CRSBI (2018): "The font stands in the N aisle and is of local yellow/grey stone, possibly Cary. It consists of a plain cylindrical bowl on a later, plain base. There is rim damage at the NE of the bowl, and evidence of former lock fittings at the NE and SW. The lead lining covers approximately one-third of the rim [...] The font bowl is probably 12thc, although it is described by NMR as “a plain tub, possibly C13.”"