Taynton nr. Newent / Tetinton

There is an entry for this Taynton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SO7321/taynton/] [accessed 10 December 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 12, 2010) notes: "ieval parish church stood near Taynton's eastern boundary within earthworks probably raised first soon after the Norman Conquest for the lord of Great Taynton. [...] Its early history was evidently as a chapel of Newent church [...] The medieval church was burnt down [by Royalists] in 1643 and a new parish church was built on a more central site after a few years. [...] The font, one of the church's mid 17th-century fittings, has a bowl carved with cherubs' heads and acanthus and resting on a fluted pedestal. [...] In 1825 [...] the font was embellished." Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note: "Font of c. 1660, a round bowl, with cherubs' heads and acanthus leaf, on a fluted stem.". The font consists of a round basin with marked lip moulding at the upper rim, the cherub heads on the lower basin and underbowl, while the acanthus leaves rise up to the rim moulding; it is raised on a slender fluted pedestal base. Round cover, almost flat, with a Latin cross finial/handle. The entry for the new church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SO7372622147] notes: "Parish church; 1650 for T. Pury, altered 1825, 1864 by T. Fulljames, 1893 (foundation stone to chancel). [...] Font: circular bowl with alternate cherubs' heads and acanthus leaves, fluted stem, on square base, up 2 stone steps." [NB: we have no information on the font from the original medieval church that was destroyed in 1643 during the Civil War; presumably the font disapeared at the same time]