Great Birch / Bricceia / Bricia

There is an entry for [Great] Birch in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL9419/great-birch/] [accessed 12 June 2018], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 10, 2001) notes: "The ecclesiastical parishes of Great Birch and Little Birch were separate until 1816. [...] The church of Great Birch existed by 1214 [...] The earliest recorded rector was Nicholas, clerk to the bishop of Ostia, who was presented in 1214. [...] The small medieval church of St. Peter, Birch Road, stood on an elevated site until 1849 when it was in a dilapidated condition and demolished. [...] A new church [...] was built on the same site in 1849-50 to restrained designs in Decorated style by S. S. Teulon. [...] The church closed in 1990 because maintenance was too expensive." There was no mention of font in either church in the VCH entry for this parish. Teulon's church appeared 'available for disposal' on 17 April 2012 in the Church of England site 'Closed Churches Available for Disposal' [www.churchofengland.org/clergy-office-holders/pastoralandclosedchurches/closedchurches/closed-churches-available/birch.aspx] [accessed 17 April 2012]. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of the old demolished church].