Thwaite nr. Cromer / Thweyt / Tuit / Twait

There is an entry in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TG1932/thwaite/] [accessed 25 March 2014], which reports a church and church lands in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "T[hweyt], Commonly called Twait, was given to the abbey of St. Bennets at Holm by the founder King Canute; at the grand survey [i.e., Domesday, 1086] we find it valued at 40s. per annum; half a leuca in length, and the same in breadth, paid 4d. halfpenny gelt, and had a church endowed with 6 acres [...] The Church is dedicated to all the Saints, [...] and was confirmed with the town to Holm abbey by Edward the Confessor". Blomefield (ibid.) names "Peter Trussebut" as first recorded rector here, in 1322. The present font consists of an octagonal basin decorated with a recessed moulding at the upper sides, chamfered at the underbowl, raised on an octagonal pedestal base and a splaying lower base of the same shape, and a polygonal plinth. The font appears to be a crude work and plain except as indicated above; it is set against one of the pillars of the arcade; the basin shows considerable damage probably related to the old cover hardware; it has been perfunctorily repaired. The font cover is octagonal, flat and plain; appears modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].