Great Milton / Middeltone / Mideltone

There are two entries for [Great] Milton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6202/great-milton/] [accessed 31 October 2017], one of which reports a priest, but not a church, in it, though there probably was one there. The Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846) notes: "The Font is quite plain, circular in form, but without any marks to fix the date". Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1911: "the font is circular and plain" [NB: Kelly (ibid.) notes that there are some remains of a Norman building, but most of the edifice is of the Early English or Late Decorated periods]. The Victoria County History entry for Great Milton (Oxford, vol. 7, 1962) notes: "The church of Great Milton was certainly in existence in 1086 when its priest was recorded, but as Great Milton was part of the endowment of the see of Dorchester there can be little doubt that the history of the church goes back to early Saxon times [...] In the main it dates from the 14th century, but there are considerable survivals from earlier periods. The earliest parts of the structure belong to a 12thcentury building, which is likely to have consisted of chancel and nave only." The VCH entry does not mention a font, nor does the plan of the church interior show one in it. Not mentioned in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974) either. The font consists of an almost cylindrical basin with slightly tapering sides, plain but for a thin groove around the upper side and a slight moulding at the bottom of the underbowl; it is raised on a plain circular base and an octagonal plint. The wooden cover is flat and round, with a knob handle/finial.