Tatterford / Taterford / Taterford

The Domesday entry for "Taterforda" in Blomefield (1805-1810) shows no mention of church or cleric in this village at the time, but Blomefild refers indirectly to the church there : "In the 9th of King John [i.e., 1208]. Henry de Hauvill was lord, (of which family see in Dunton,) who granted to Pagan de Taterford his right of presentation to this church"; he later mentions the church explicitely without description: "The Church is dedicated to St. Margaret, and is a rectory", and names "Ralph Howe, as first recorded rector, in 1314, presented by Richard de Boyland and his wife Maud, who were the patrons. The last recorded rector is John Wright, who took over in 1758. White's Gazetteer of 1845 reported the church here as "a small antique fabric", whereas the 1885 edition of the same gazetteer read: "The CHURCH (St. Margaret) was entirely rebuilt in 1862, and is a neat Early English edifice, comprising only a nave and chancel; but a spire will be erected near the north-west angle as soon as the necessary funds can be procured", without mentioning the fate of the old Norman church it replaced. [NB: at present we have no information on the baptismal font of the old Norman church here, nor have we been able to ascertain whether there remains anything standing of the old church].