Combe nr. Hungerford / Coumbe / Cumba / Cumbe

There is an entry for this Combe [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU3760/combe/] [accessed 28 November 2017]; it mentions a church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) dates the nave of this church to the second half of the 12th century [...] the furniture is modern, except the font, which is of very good proportions, with a plain round bowl on an octagonal stem with moulded necking. The base has broach stops bringing it to a square. Its date is probably c. 1350." The Church of England web site [www.achurchnearyou.com/combe-st-swithin] [accessed 26 July 2011], however, notes: "The font base is 14th century with a Saxon bowl". The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2017) states: "The plain font is the only feature included here, although it probably dates from the early 13thc [...] To W of S nave doorway. A plain, lead-lined cup-shaped font on a late-medieval pedestal and plinth. The surface has been retooled, and there is a clear line between the lower (spherical) and upper (cylindrical) parts of the bowl. There is a slight chamfer on the rim [...] The font is the only piece which could conceivably belong to the 12thc., but even this is extremely unlikely, if only because of its small size. Tyack (2010) says "probably 13thc" [NB: the reference to Tyack is to the new Pevsner and Tyack edition of Berkshire of 2010].