Linton nr. Cambridge / Lintone

There is an entry for this Linton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL5646/linton/] [accessed 18 May 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TL5618746676] (1967) notes: "Font, C14 octagonal bowl on shafted stem with late C15 or early C16 font cover crocketed at the corners." The Victoria County History (Cambridge..., vol. 6, 1978) notes: "About 1088 Count Alan granted tithe from his lands at Barham to the abbey of St. Sergius and St. Bacchus, Angers (Maine et Loire) [...] About 1130 Count Stephen of Richmond granted tithe at Linton to St. Mary's Abbey, York [...] The church of Linton was given before 1163 by an earl of Richmond to the abbey of St. Jacut-de-la-Mer [...] The earliest part of the surviving structure is the six-bay south arcade of c. 1200; no font mentioned in the VCH entry. The present font is illustrated in Cambridgeshire Churches, [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/linton.htm] [accessed 28 October 2007]. Baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin with a pronounced angle moulding at the upper rim; raised on a pedestal base. Medium-height [3-4 ft.?] conical font cover, the sides crocketed; round finial.