Bramfield / Bramfield nr. Hertford / Brandefelle / Brandfell / Brantefeldbury / Brantefelde / Brantfeld / Brauntesfeld

There is an entry for this Bramfield [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL2915/bramfield/] [accessed 21 September 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church here. The Victoria County History (Hertfordshire, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "The simple plan of nave and chancel has probably remained unaltered from an early date, but a drastic restoration in 1840 has removed nearly all traces of antiquity from the building. […] The west tower was entirely built in 1840 […] The ground story of the tower is occupied by a modern font"; we found no further indication to the original date of the church in the VCH entry. The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TL2913415592] (1986) suggests late-14th century origins for the church, with a font introduced in the 1870s restoration by C.B. Trollope.