Ducklington / Dochelintone

There are two entries for Ducklington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP3507/ducklington/] [accessed 11 December 2017], neither of which mentions priest or church in it. A baptismal font here is noted in Tymms (1834), in Kelly's Oxford Directory (1911) and in Murray (1882) as Norman. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Oxon., vol. 13, 1996) notes: "By 958 there may have been a church in the principal settlement of the estate, although the fabric of the surviving Ducklington church contains no dateable features earlier than the 12th century. That the later parish included Claywell, partly separated from the Ducklington estate by the mid 11th century, [...] suggests that Ducklington church was established early enough to retain the tithes of most of the estate described in 958 [...] The earliest dateable features include a reset plain 12th- century tympanum inside the south doorway, [...] a notable 12th-century font, and a fragment of carved masonry, probably part of a late 11th- century windowhead, discovered in the demolished east wall in 1873 and adapted as a piscina [...] The 12th-century font has an elaborate intersecting arcade with spiral-fluted columns and rose decoration [...] The principal 19th-century restoration took place in 1871-2 to plans by Edward Bruton: the work included partial reflooring, repewing the nave and north aisle, moving the font from the south aisle to the centre of the nave". Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2008) as a 12th-century tub-shaped baptismal basin made of Oolitic limestone raised on a square base "made of four pieces, probably original", and a "plinth of ashlar blocks of uncertain date". The basin is bucket-shaped, decorated with three roll mouldings (upper rim, 1/3 down and lower rim), and an arcade of round intersecting arches between the last two mouldings; there appear to be pieces of the lead lining stiil adhered to the upper rim [NB: in English fonts it is common for the lining to wrap around the exterior surface of the upper basin sides]. Flat and round wooden cover with some moulding; appears modern. Noted in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974): "Norman, with a roll-moulding around the rim and intersecting arches below."