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There is an entry for Cookham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU8985/cookham/] [accessed 8 March 2015]; it reports one church in it. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "There was a church at Cookham in 1086 held by Reinbald the priest, and having two clerks attached. [...] The church with its chapels was given with Reinbald's other possessions to the abbey of Cirencester by Henry I, [...] and had been appropriated to the abbey before 1291 [...] The nave dates from the middle of the 12th century, but the only detail of this period surviving is the north-west window. The chancel was rebuilt about 1200, to which date the north chapel probably belongs, and a few years later the short north aisle was added. Towards the end of the same century the north arcade of the nave, which consists of two independent arches, was rebuilt (the earlier openings being perhaps enlarged), the chancel arch was reconstructed and the south aisle was added. Early in the 14th century the south aisle was continued eastward to form the south chapel. The west tower probably dates from c. 1500"; there is no mention of a font inside Holy Trinity in the VCH entry. The present font at Holy Trinity is modern; it consists of an octagonal moulded basin decorated with a pair of niches or windows on each side as well, raised on a moulded octagonal base. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; like the font itself, probably 19th-century. The church of St. John the Baptist here was built in 1845 and has a modern font.