Tarlton / Torentune [Domesday] / Tornentone

There are two entries for Tarlton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST9599/tarlton/] [accessed 9 October 2014], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for the parish of Rodmarton in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 11, 1976) notes: "Although architectural evidence of a church in Rodmarton before the Conquest [...] is not accepted, a priest was recorded in 1086. [...] By the end of the 13th century the church comprised at least a nave, a north aisle of one bay, and a narrow chancel. In the earlier 14th century the chapels, tower, broach spire, and porch were added to complete the plan as it survives today. The completion was probably marked by the dedication of the high altar in 1340. [...] The font was replaced in 1859 when it was considered old and unsightly." The VCH entry (ibid.) notes the nearby chapel at Tarlton, which, "seems, on architectural evidence, to have existed by the late 12th century. [...] The Norman font, which has a tub-shaped bowl recut in the early 14th century, is said to have stood in the parish church until 1859." [the VCH entry footnotes this reference: "Trans. B.G.A.S. 1. 319; card in chapel."]. The Gloucestershire County Council site [www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1778] [accessed 3 January 2008] states: "the Norman font was brought from Rodmarton." The Historic Church Trails in Gloucestershire site [www.gloschurchtourism.com/pages2/thamesheadchurches.htm] [accessed 3 January 2008] expands: "the Norman font was brought from Rodmarton church, whose chapel-of-ease St. Osmund's is, to replace 'the old unsightly one'''. The baptismal font now at Tarlton St. Edmund's is roughly chalice-shaped, and consists of a bucket-shaped basin raised on a cylindrical stem and a truncated-cone lower base; the font appears to have been originally undecorated, but part of the surface of the basin has been re-carved (?) and now shows several (three?) large quatrefoils. The wooden font cover is round and flat, with metal decoration and finial/handle; it appears modern.