Downton nr. Salisbury / Duntone

There is an entry for Downton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU1821/downton/] [accessed 1 March 2015]; it mentions a church and church lands in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a Norman baptismal font at Downton, Wilts., but in another part of the same work, among the fonts of Dorset, the one at Downton appears described as being made of Purbeck marble. [NB: C&H are probably referring to the same font -- Dorset and Wiltshire are contiguous counties and Downton may have belonged to Dorset in the earlier county divisions]. Noted in Buck (1951) as one in a group of Norman square fonts dating between 1130 and 1200, including those at North Tidworth, Codford St. Peter, Ebbesbourne Wake, Steeple Langford, Amesbury, Maiden Bradley, Downton and Dinton. Buck (ibid.) further notes that "the side columns for supporting the bowl are now missing, although they were in place when Sir Stephen Glynne visited the church in the middle of the nineteenth century" [NB: Buck refers to the notes and sketches done by Glynne of several counties, some of which have been published in modern editions [e.g., Butler's 2007 ed. of Glynne's Yorkshire notes]]. English Heritage [Listing NGR: SU1810721616] (1960) reports a "C13 Purbeck marble font at west end of south aisle", whereas the nave itself is reported as mid-11th century. The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 11, 1980) notes: "In 1086 there was a church at Downton which, serving several villages and possibly served by more than one priest, had the characteristics of a minster. [...] The church of St. Laurence, so dedicated by 1147 [...] The three western bays of the arcade, which are of the later 12th century, probably represent the full extent of the nave at that time. They are the earliest surviving features in the building [...] The registers date from 1601"; the VCH entry does not mention a font here. Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Square, with chamfered corners. Of Purbeck marble, C13. With the usual shallow blank arches." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble, without further detail [source given: Dr. G. Dru Drury]