Charlton Horethorne / Ceorlatune / Charlton Camville / Charlton Kanville / South Charlton / Cerletone

No entry for Charlton Horethorne or Charlton Camville found in the Domesday survey. Phelps (1836) writes: "The font is large and antient, standing on a circular base." Wade & Wade (1929) mentions a "heavy cylindrical font" in this church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 7, 1999) notes: "Charlton was probably within the parochia of the minster at Milborne Port in the mid 10th century, [...] but by 1140 a separate parish had evidently been formed and in that year Gerard de Camville gave two parts of the tithe of the manor demesne to the monks of Bermondsey (Surr.) [...] church of ST. PETER AND ST PAUL, dedicated to St. Peter in the 12th century but to both by the mid 19th century [...] Furnishings include a re-cut tub font". Drawing of a font here is part of the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham July 1888 accompanied by the following description: "Circular throughout, very rude. Circular bowl, lead lined, vertical sides, flat plan, 9 3/4 deep, 5 1/4 margin; position, under open West Tower Arch. No cover." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST6652423075] reports: "plain circular tub font on circular base".