Beighton / Begeton / Begetuna / Boyton

There are two entries for this Beighton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TG3808/beighton/] [accessed 6 May 2014], one of which reports a church and churchlands in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints. [...] The prior of Norwich had a portion of tithe [...] Thomas de Blomvile confirmed the grant of it by John de Grey Bishop of Norwich. [...] Here was also a vicarage formerly, as appears from the inquisition books". Tyrrell-Green (1928) writes: "The octagonal form persisted in fonts of the same class in the thirteenth century, with the change that in the Early English style pointed arches take the place of rounded ones in the shallow incised arcading", and includes Beighton's font in that group. Noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1997): "Font. Of stone, but of the familiar C13 Purbeck type, with eight sides, each with two shallow pointed arches." The present font appears to have been drastically re-tooled, the base totally or partially replaced. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TG3866508298] notes: "Parish church. Fabric mainly C14 and C15 with C19 restoration [...] C13 octagonal font with two shallow pointed arches in each face, large central stem and eight plain shafts." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble, Polygonal I Type (Octagonal): no details [source given: The Revd. C. Scott]