Tur Langton / Terlintone

There are two entries for Tur Langton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7194/tur-langton/] [accessed 27 August 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, vol. 5, 1964) notes: "There was a priest at Tur Langton in 1165 and 1166. [...] The chapel appears to have been built before 1162 by the Maunsell family, lords of the manor. [...] The remains of the old chapel stand to the northwest of the manor-house. All that survives is a fragment of the north wall of the nave and the north doorway. The latter has a pointed arch and a moulded capital, badly weathered, dating from the late 13th century. A view of the building as it existed in 1791 shows it to have consisted of nave, chancel, south porch, and a west bell-cote with space for two bells. [...] t was largely dismantled in 1866 when the new chapel was opened" [...] The font, which was a gift of Jemima Elizabeth Ord (d. 1876), and the other fittings date from 1865." Pevsner (1984), who dates the font to 1867, dismisses it as "an over-indulgent piece of High Victoriana".