Tidmington / Tidelintun / Tidelminc Tune / Tidelmintun / Tydamintun / Tydilmynton / Tydlemynton

There is an entry for Tidmington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2638/tidmington/] [accessed 1 October 2014]; it reports a priest but not a church, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "The building dates from about the year 1200, and was then probably of the same size and plan as at present except that the chancel may have been shorter. This was rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century. [...] The font is round and tub-shaped and quite plain." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP2614738557] (1966) reports a "C13 round font, with carved seated figure of a saint to one side." The font here is described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2014) as a tub-shaped baptismal font [similar in general shape to the ones at Tangmere, Melbury Bubb, etc.], with a beaker-shaped basin raised on a round base and a modern circular plinth. One of the sides of the font has a niche that houses a seated figure holding a book (?) and with a halo around his head, identified in the CRSBI as Christ in Majesty. The font, the material of which is described as liassic limestone in the CRSBI (ibid.), has been heavily re-constructed and a good part of the basin, especially the upper rim, appears modern.