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The church (W tower, nave, N aisle, chancel) dates from the 13thc. but has a Victorian S aisle. It was not entered.
Waldron is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but no church. In 1908 Walker reported that this 'font' had only recently been found, being used as a watering trough in a farmyard. Traces of a lead lining were found, and it was moved to the church.
The broad, shallow proportions of this basin are unusual for a Norman font. Mee, in The King's England, Sussex, suggested that it is of Saxon date and compared it with the fonts of Selham and Bignor.