Diddington / Doditone / Dodinctun / Dodington / Dodintone / Dudington / Dydyngton

The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "The church of Diddington existed in 1086, when it belonged to the Bishop of Lincoln's manor. [...] Although mentioned in the Domesday Survey (1086), the nucleus of the present church is the chancel and nave of the first half of the 13th century, to which a north aisle was added c. 1275. The church was much altered c. 1500 [...] The 13th-century font has an octagonal bowl on a circular shaft with chamfered cap and base." The baptismal font at Diddington has been very roughly treated, most of its earlier surface stripped from it; from what is left now, the basin may have been round, tub-shaped, but re-cut at a later date; the sizes of the sides are irregular and give the general impression of not being the original form of the basin; plain underbowl; plain cylindrical stem; the lower base may be the only part of this font that has any resemblence to the original one. The basin well is lead-lined. Tallish wooden font cover, a domed core with eight elongated towers all around; pelican-plucking-its-breast finial; Victorian.