Oulton nr. Aylsham / Olton / Oulstuna

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "OLTON, Or the old town, hath its church dedicated to St. Peter and Paul; its tower is square and hath three bells; the nave and two transept chapels are leaded, and the chancel is tiled. [...] The church belonged to the manor, till Hubert de Burgh Earl of Kent, for his own soul and that of Alice his wife, gave it with the church of Bedingham, to Walsingham priory, and the canons there, and King Edward I. confirmed it in 1280 [...] The vicars that I have met [ [i.e., first recorded] with follow. 1337, John le Marshall, priest nominated by the Bishop, and presented by the prior of Walsyngham, as all the vicars were till the Dissolution." There is no mention of a church or priest in the Domesday entry for this parish (fol. 12). The present font here is listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. Noted in Pevsner & Wilson as 15th-century. The only ornamentation are a few mouldings on the sides of the broad octagonal stem [which appears to be a later replacement]; raised on an octagonal plinth. The wooden cover Is octagonal and flat, with knob handle/finial; appears modern. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original church here].