Whitwell nr. Oakham / Whightwell / Whitewell / Whithewelle / Whytewell / Whitwell / Witewelle / Wittwell / Wytewell

There are two entries for this Whitwell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK9208/whitwell/] [accessed 20 July 2015], each of which mentions a priest and a church in it. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "The bowl of the late 12th-century font was originally square, the sides ornamented with rudely incised patterns (crosses, arches, etc.), but the angles have been cut away, reducing the bowl to an irregular octagon. It stands on a modern circular stem and base and has a flat 17th-century cover"; the VCH shows the location of the font behind (west of) the westernmost pillar of the arcade that separates the nave from the south aisle. Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Formerly square and seemingly re-cut. Two faces appear to have been carved free-hand, but the others were apparently laid out with instruments. The original faces with a foliage pattern, perhaps late Saxon (D. Parsons)". The entry in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK9236508804] (1954) reads: "Font, octagonal with incised decoration, C14.?