Kingstone nr. Ilminster / Chingestone / Kingston / Kyngeston / Kyngestone

There are two entries for this Kingstone [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST3713/kingstone/] [accessed 12 February 2018], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Jeboult (1873) notes: "The font is of noble proportions" here. Wade & Wade (1929) note: "The shape of the font is curious". The Listed Buildings of the Taunton Deane Borough Council (entry of 25 February 1955) [http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/tdbcsites/her/her_lb/lbdets.asp?id=001931] [accessed 16 March 2008] reports a "Perpendicular font, wooden canopy and pully dated 1900" in this church. The entry for this church in Historical England [Listing NGR: ST3788213637] reports "a C15 font" in this church. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "There was a church at Kingstone by 1291 [...] The existence of a central tower without transepts is unusual and may indicate the persistence of a Norman plan. The oldest part of the present church, however, is the early-14th-century porch, which incorporates a cusped ogee-headed window, now blocked. The chancel also belongs to the 14th century [...] The church possesses a Perpendicular font". The baptismal font consists of a basin that is round on its upper half, then cut into octagonal, the latter tapering and forming the underbowl chamfer; raised on a plain octagonal stem and a circular lower base. The wooden font cover is round, flat and plain; modern. Not in Pevsner (1958), who has the dedication as St. Mary's.