Stowell nr. Cirencester / Stanuuelle

There is an entry for this Stowell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SP0813/stowell/] [accessed 7 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Tyrrell-Green (1928) list one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 9, 2001) notes: "Stowell church originated by the mid 12th century as a chapel to Northleach church. [...] The nave and chancel are of the mid 12th century. [...] A piscina in the south transept, a credence shelf over the chancel piscina, and the octagonal font date from the 13th century." Illustrated in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 5 January 2008]. Baptismal font consisting of a plain octagonal basin with chamfered top and lower rims [the sides are worn and rough, and may well have been re-tooled at some point]; the stem of the base is also octagonal and plain; it is raised on a circular lower base and an octagonal plinth. Octagonal wooden cover with knob handle; modern. It is quite possible that two of the pieces of the font, the stem and the lower base, may be modern.