Colchester No. 11 / Colecastro / Colecestra

There are seventeen entries for Colchester [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL9925/colchester/] [accessed 8 June 2018]; a priest is mentioned as lord three times (two in 1066, one in 1086) and "0.5 church lands" is noted in one of the entries, but none of them mentions a church, though there must have some there at the time. The entry for this borough in the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 19, 1994) notes: "Archaeological and topographical evidence suggest that the church, which stood on the south side of High Street, was founded in the 10th century, but it was not recorded until the early 13th century [...] The Anglo-Saxon church, comprising nave and chancel, seems to have been adapted from a Roman building. [...] In 1718 the church was in ruins and most baptisms took place at St. James's. [...] It was repaired in 1721 [...] The church was restored and greatly enlarged in 1875-6 in the gothic revival style to the plans of Sir George Gilbert Scott. [...] The church was closed in the reorganization of Colchester parishes in 1953. [...] The church was demolished in 1955"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this church. The Colchester Heritage Explorer entry for this church [https://colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc406] [[accessed 11 June 2018] notes: "Photographs taken in 1955 prior to the demolition are held in the local studies section of Colchester Library. They include a photograph of a 'Norman' font on display in the church" [NB: the quotation marks on the word Norman suggest that it is not of the Norman period, but perhaps a modern font in the Norman style].