Thorverton / Thurfurton / Toruerton / Torverton

No entry for Thorverton found in the Domesday survey. Baptismal font probably from the same time period as the Gothic church. Described in Oliver (1840-1842): "The Font is a plain Hexagon, supported by a circular pillar, surrounded by four slender columns." Stabb (1906) notes and illustrates the lower base, the most interesting part of this font, though he may have got the number of sides of the basin wrong: "The font [...] is octagonal, with a plain bowl resting on a central shaft with four smaller pillars resting around it; the base is probably older than the bowl and shafts." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SS9246802179] notes: "Parish Church. West tower probably C15 (although a C13 date has been suggested) C15 porch; major rebuilding of 1834-40 (architect unknown to date); reseating of 1840 by John Hayward of Exeter (contemporary with his building of the new vicarage); restoration of 1864 initiated by Archdeacon Freeman including pulpit, reseating and north transept; vestry rebuilt 1884; tower restored 1905; further restorations 1953-55 and 1971-72 [...] The font has a medieval octagonal bowl on shafts with a plinth."