Townstal / Dunestal / Townstall

There is an entry for Townstal [variant spelling] in the Domesday syrvey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SX8651/townstall/] [accessed 2 June 2024]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. There is a pencil and wash sketch of a font in St Clement's Church, Townstal, by J.G, 1850 in the Devon and Exeter Institution [https://collectionsexplorer.devonandexeterinstitution.org/online-collection/illustrations/box-6/sketches-of-devon-churches/watercolours-by-jg/1951908-font-townstall-sic-s-devon-1850?] [accessed 2 June 2024]. Noted in Stabb (1908- ): "The font is old with octagonal bowl, the panels being carved with arches, the circular shaft is short and rests on a deep rectangular base, probably more modern than the font." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Octagonal, Norman, with two shallow blank arcades per panel, a variant of the table-top type." Listed in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX8693851482] notes: "Norman font on new circular stem, octagonal bowl with shallow blind arcade". The Parish web site notes: "The font is of Purbeck stone and dates from the 13th or possibly early 14th Century. The modern lid is of wood." The entry for this church in the Devonshire Association [https://devonassoc.org.uk/devoninfo/dartmouth-report-from-the-buildings-section/] [accessed 2 June 2024] notes: "Of the early settlement at Townstal the only surviving built fabric is a Norman font with octagonal bowl, enriched by a shallow blind arcade in the parish church of St Clements [...]. The church itself dates largely from the early 14th century, restored in the late 19th."