Little Birch nr. Colchester / Bricceia / Bricia / Parva Bricceia

There are two entries for this [Little] Birch [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL9420/little-birch/] [accessed 1 May 2015] but there is no mention of cleric or church in them. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 10, 2001) notes: "The ecclesiastical parishes of Great Birch and Little Birch were separate until 1816. [...] The church existed by the 11th century. [...] The earliest recorded parson was Michael c. 1194-1238. [...] The ruined church of St. Mary the Virgin, Little Birch, stands just north of the site of Birch Hall. The rubble-built nave, which has Roman brick dressings and pilaster but- tresses at the east angles, may be 11th-century in origin, although the windows are 12th- century and later. [...] the church was reported to be in good repair in 1684, although by 1736 it was 'in a demolished state'. [...] In 1768 there was no roof; only the tower, which was quite high, and the walls remained." There is no font mentioned in the VCH entry for this parish. [NB: we have no information on the font(s) from this church].