Sherfield English / Sherefeld Englysshe / Shervill / Shirefelde / Shyrfeld / Sirefelle

There is an entry for Sherfield [English] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU2922/sherfield-english/] [accessed 13 September 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The advowson of Sherfield English belonged to the lords of the manor until the middle of the 17th century [...] The church of [St. Leonard], built in 1903 [...] is on practically the same site as that built [...] in 1858, but pulled down in 1902–3 on account of its insecurity." The VCH does not mention an earlier church, but notes: "The altar rails and font cover are of 18th-century date", and reports that the baptismal register: "contains mixed entries 1640 to 1746; the second and partly parallel, 1693 to 1702 curiously combined with churchwardens' accounts; the third, baptisms and burials 1741 to 1811". The VCH also notes: "At the rectory is a panelled octagonal font of late date removed from the old church." [NB: the initial date of baptismal registers in English churches is not indicative of the start of baptisms in the parish; registers were introduced in many English churches in the 16th century, whereas other parish registers start well into the 17th century]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU2946523219] notes: "At W end C19 stone font on marble shafts".