Turville / Therfield, Thyrefeld / Tilleberie / Turvile / Turfyld / Tyrefield / Tyrefold / Tyrfeld

There is an entry for Turville [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU7691/turville/] [accessed 19 October 2015] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes: "The font is Norman". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The church probably dates from the 12th century, but of the original building the nave alone remains. About the middle of the 14th century the chancel was rebuilt [...] The entire church has been much restored [...] The font has a 12th-century bowl of a deep cupshaped form mounted on a modern base. The lead lining of the bowl has the date 1746 scratched on it." Only the plain tub-shaped basin of this font is original; the added octagonal lower base and plinth are modern. The flat and round wooden cover, with metal decorations and ring handle, is modern as well.