Soberton / Sauberton / Sobertona / Soperton / Supperton / Subertune / Sudbertone / Sudbertune / Supporton

There are five entries for Soberton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6116/soberton/] [accessed 27 June 2018], one of which, in the tenancy of the Bishop of Winchster in 1086, reports three churches in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 198) notes: "The building shows traces of a long series of developments, which seem to have been somewhat as follows. The first church of which any evidence still exists may have been of pre-Conquest date, and in plan like Boarhunt [...] The font, near the south doorway, is octagonal and of recent date." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU6108216840] does not mention a font in it. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]