Sturston / Esterestuna / Stertuna

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes; "This church was well endowed, which occasioned its early appropriation to the priory of Dunmow in Essex, founded by the Lords Baynard, for in the beginning of the reign of Edward I. [i.e., 1272+] [...] The Church is dedicated to the Holy-Cross, and stands a little south of the house; it is a small pile, built of flint, &c. [...] covered with tiles; at the east end was formerly a chancel, as appears from the foundation-stones, and at the west end is a low square tower of flint, in a ruinous condition, and open from the top to the bottom." Three entries in Domesday (fol. 127, 230, 256), as 'Esterestuna' and 'Stertuna', neither of which mentions a church or priest in them. Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports: "Here was formerly a church, but only the ruins are now to be seen." [NB: we have no information on the font from the 13th-century church here].