Latton nr. Harlow / Lattune / St. Mary at Latton, New Harlow

There are three entries for this Latton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL4610/latton/] [accessed 7 June 2018]; a priest, a church and "0.5 church lands" are mentioned. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TL4640410881] mentions no font in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 8, 1983) notes: "In 1066 and 1086 there was a priest on Peter de Valognes's manor (Latton Hall). In 1086 there was also a priest, holding ½ hide belonging to the church, on the count of Boulogne's manor (Mark Hall). [...] The church was damaged by a rocket bomb in 1945. Repairs during the 1950s revealed architectural features previously hidden under cement. Further damage was caused by a fire in 1964, but the church was completely restored in 1965, and in 1971 a vestry was built on the north side of the nave. The tower was restored in 1977"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The present [2010] baptismal font at St. Mary's is modern, probably 19th-century, and consists of an octagonal basin with chamfered top and bottom, four of the sides carved with quatrefoils inscribing symbols; foliage on the underbowl chamfer; base with clustered colonnettes with foliated capitals and moulded bases; octagonal plinth. Flat wooden cover also modern.