Shalford nr. Guildford / Scaldefor / Scaudeford / Shaldeford / Shalforde

There is an entry for this Shalford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TQ0047/shalford/] [accessed 3 March 2015]; it mentions a church in it. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "The church of St. Mary is the third that has stood on the present site since 1789, in which year the mediaeval building, possibly retaining parts of that mentioned in Domesday, was rebuilt [...] The old font is at present turned upside down, and placed as a mounting block outside the vicarage. It may shortly be restored to the church." [NB: we have no current information on this font, unless it is the block photographed in 2016 outside the porch]. The Ecclesiologist (vol. 9, 1849: 69) reports a new church in Shalford, near Guildord, with a font in it: "The font, we suppose, belonged to the old church; a mere marble vase." [NB: not clear which church the note refers to, but probably the 1789 one mentioned in the VCH entry above -- a square block resembling an upturned basin is still outside the church, by the porch; it has a large drain hole].