Bradford-on-Avon No. 2 / Bradeford / Great Bradford

There are two entries for Bradford [-on-Avon] [variant name] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST8261/bradford-on-avon/] [accessed 9 February 2023], neither of which reports cleric or church in it. A font in this church is noted in Lewis (1876): "The font is octagonal, of 15th century work." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 7, 1953) notes the church: "The side walls of the western end of the chancel, and a reused window over the porch in the south wall of the nave date from the 12th century", and the font: "The font, late 15th century, is octagonal with carved panels and stem, all redressed and standing on three octagonal steps." Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Perp[endicular], perhaps re-cut in the C17." Octagonal baptismal font of the 15th century, Perpendicular period. The Wiltshire Community History web pages of the Wiltshire County Council [www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community] show two archive images of the interior of the Holy Trinity Church, one dated ca.1890, the other ca.1910, both including the baptismal font towards the west end the nave, by the south entrance door. The font is decorated with tracery patterns on the sides of the octagonal basin, and with shields on the sides of the stem of the base, which is also octagonal. The entry for this church in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1364540] notes: "Nave and chancel of Norman origin, chancel extended c.1300, tower and north aisle added/rebuilt c.14th and 15th centuries. Restored 1865-6 […] The font has a Perp octagonal bowl with unmoulded square panels, perhaps recut in the 17th century with quirky geometric patterns; the stem has cusped panels and shields." [cf. Index entry fro Bradford on Avon No. 1 for an early-Christian baptistery unearthed in the Roman villa of this locality] [NB: the church fabric goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font of this church]