Broughton Poggs / Brotone

There is an entry for Broughton [Poggs] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP2303/broughton-poggs/] [accessed 17 January 2018], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Sherwood & Pevsner (1974) write: "Font. Norman, tub-shaped, with a base of raised panels." The Victoria County History (Oxon., vol. 17, 2012) notes: "In the late 11th century Broughton Poggs was most likely dependent on the important Anglo-Norman church at Langford, the site of a possible pre-Conquest minster. [...] A church was built at Broughton in the early 12th century and was probably given baptismal rights, since the tub-shaped font appears to be of similar date [...] Inside the church, the plain Norman chancel arch is low and narrow, and corbels at the top of the ashlar jambs may once have supported a rood-beam. Irregularly shaped panels cut into the circular stone base of the Norman font may formerly have been decorated [...] rector William Roberts (1909–22) and members of the congregation replaced many of the church's furnishings, suggesting a renewed High-Church aesthetic and perhaps a desire for a more modern appearance. Gifts included a carved wooden font cover". Baptismal font consisting of a plain bucket-shaped tub basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base decorated with indented panels, and a plain narrow circular lower base [NB: there is a round depression on the lower basin side that could be just a flaw of the stone but, if it has been filled, it could be a side drainage, either original or, more likely, a sign that the font was (mis)used as a farm trough at some point in its past]. The wooden cover is flat and round, with metal decoration and a ring handle.