Staunton nr. Newent / Stantune / Staunton in Cors

There is no entry for this Staunton in the Domesday survey. Miller (1890) notes the 1864 restoration of the church, but a 13th-century chancel. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a font at Staunton, Gloucs., as being from the Decorated period. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The earliest recorded presentation to Staunton Church was made in 1296 by John de Staunton [...] The building has been much restored, the chancel and practically all the windows being new, but portions of the walling are apparently of 12th-century date and the chancel replaces one erected in the 13th century, two of the windows of which, on the south side, are said to have been re-used. [...] The font consists of a modern octagonal stone basin on a mediaeval stem and base shaped from octagonal to square with carved heads below the bowl, that facing west wearing a mitre." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SO7819329202] (1954) reports: "C19 octagonal bowl to font, scalloped below, on stem with heads to faces." Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note: "Font. Plain octagonal Neo-Norman, on a C14 pedestal with four heads: a queen, bishop, king and, presumably, rector." The sides of the octagonal basin are plain but for the scalloped lower end that carries over on the underbowl; there are four heads at the four cardinal points of the short stem [cf. supra] and the lower base is octagonal [NB: the surfaces of the font appear crisp and sharp; it is either a 19th-century font, or an earliy one after with a drastic re-tooling]. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with the upper surface carved into geometric divisions, and with an acorn finial/handle.