Bishopstrow / Biscepes truue [diappeared?]

The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 8, 1965) notes: " the dedication of the church of Bishopstrow to St. Aldhelm is recorded as early as the 13th century, [...] and there is a possibility, discussed below, that a church of the Saxon period stood here until the 18th century. When the church is first mentioned c. 1120 [...] it had, therefore, probably long stood on a site used for Christian teaching since the early 8th century"; the VCH further notes that the present font dates from either 1840 or the 1876 restoration. The present font is octagonal. [NB: it is possible that the plinth may have belonged to an earlier font]