Warton / Warton with Lindeth

There is an entry for Warton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SD4972/warton/] [accessed 3 April 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Norman period here. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "The oldest part of the structure is the south aisle wall, which is of 14thcentury date, probably marking the extent of the nave of the mediaeval church [...] The font is a plain stone cylinder 2 ft. high and 2 ft. 3 in. in diameter, and may be of Norman date. It stands on a modern moulded base, and is lined with elaborately wrought lead work bearing the date 1661 and the initials R. B. G. M. [...] Probably for Sir Robert Bindloss and Sir George Middleton" [cf. infral]. Pevsner (1969) notes: " Font. The base is typical of 1661, its date, in the one elementary geometrical pattern. Also dated 1661 the lead interior, and this has much finer, indeed very delicate, patterns." Hartwell & Pevsner (2009) add a note oits cylindrical shape. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SD4982972316] notes: "Church, late C15th with a C14th south aisle wall and a C16th north aisle and north arcade. Restored 1848, when the south arcade was rebuilt, and 1842 [...] The cylindrical font, at the west end of the south aisle is set on a base dated '1661'. "

The Lancashire Churches web site [www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/warton.htm] notes that Sir George Middleton of Leighton, Sir Robert Binloss of Borwick Hall and Nathaniel West are commemorated on the font: "They restored it in 1661, adding a new plinth and an intricately patterned lead lining." Ann Sotheran, in the Open Churches Trust web page states: "The font is dated 1661 but originates from the 12th century [www.openchurchestrust.org.uk/Warton.htm].