Old Alresford / Alresforde

There is an entry for Alresford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SU5833/alresford/] [accessed 15 February 2018]; it reports a very large place with 52.3 households and three churches in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "At the time of the Domesday Survey there were three churches in Alresford worth £4 [...] The church of Old Alresford with the chapel were of considerable value at an early date; for in 1291 they were valued at £26 13s. 4d., [...] The advowson of St. Mary's Church at Old Alresford has always been in the hands of the bishop of Winchester [...] The church of Our Lady was entirely rebuilt in 1753" [there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry] [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]. The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [Listing NGR: SU5876034222] accessed 15 February 2018] does not mention a font in it. The present font is modern; it consists of an octagonal basin with chamfered top and bottom, all palin; raised on a cylindrical pedestal base with mouldings at top and bottom. [cf. Index entries for New Alresford]