Hindon

The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 11, 1980) notes: "Hindon is a settlement planned by a bishop of Winchester and founded in the early 13th century. [...] A chapel was built when Hindon was founded. [...] It was presumably poorly served by the rector and at least in the later 14th century, when the inhabitants had to attend their parish church, almost certainly closed. About 1405 it was refounded and apparently partly rebuilt. [...] In 1553 the dedication was to St. Luke, [...] but was later to St. John the Baptist. About 1804 the church consisted of apparently undivided nave and chancel [...] In 1870–1 the church was taken down and rebuilt in Early English style"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The Wiltshire Council web site entry [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1191] [accessed 15 September 2011] for this church notes that it remained a chapel, not a parish church, from its inception through to the 19th century, but it had baptismal rights. The present baptismal font is probably from the 19th century re-building of the church; it consists of cylindrical basin with bands of dot and floral motif, and raised on a columnar base: a central shaft and four outer colonnettes with ornated capitals and bases. Flat wooden cover, also modern. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font here].