Whittingtonnr. Cheltenham / Witetune / Wyntinton / Wytyngton / Whitngton

There is an entry fro this Whittington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SP0120/whittington/] [accessed 8 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 9, 2001) notes: "The chancel and nave, which are undivided and very long and narrow, were built in the late 11th or the 12th century. The eastern arch of the two-bayed nave arcade has two plain orders and may be of the same period, and a blocked round-headed opening in the aisle's west wall may be the remains of a window also of that period. [...] The font of c. 1200 is plain and sturdy with an octagonal bowl and stem." Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C13. Plain octagonal bowl and pedestal". Baptismal font consisting of a tapering octagonal basin of plain sides and plain underbowl chamfer, raised on a plain octagonal pedestal base and a small quadrangular plint. There is damage to the rim area on one of the sides of the basin, the type of damage consistent with the forceful removal of the old cover staples. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle; probably Victorian.