Cockayne Hatley / Bury Hattele / Cokayne Hatley / Hatelai / Hatley Port / Hettenleia /

The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "There is no mention of this church in the Survey [i.e., Domesday, 1086], but it first appears as one of the fourteen churches which formed part of the original endowment of Newnham Priory, founded by Simon Beauchamp in 1166. [...] The earliest part of the church now existing is the north arcade of the nave, belonging to the latter part of the thirteenth century, and the north aisle probably retains its thirteenth-century width. [...] The font is octagonal, and was originally quite plain, but has been carved with quatrefoils in modern times. It dates from the fifteenth century. It formerly contained a dish of Italian majolica, which was used at christenings."