Bitton / Betone / Betune

There are two entries for Bitton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST6869/bitton/] [accessed 29 Jamuary 2025], one of which reports "1 church. 1.0 church lands" in it. A font here is noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Caen stone, of 1846, carved in Perp[endicular] style." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with varied tracery, raised on an octagonal pedestal base decorated with pairs of Ogee-style arches or windows, the lower base moulded. Wooden cover of octagonal pyramidal shape, with decorated arrises. Same date? The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST6819169336] notes: "Anglo-Saxon origins on an earlier British site. Norman remodelling with inserted Decorated and Perpendicular style windows. St Catherine's Chapel (north side) added 1298-9. West tower 1370s. Late C14 chancel. Transept removed C15. Restored in C19; it mentions no font in it. The entry for this church in St Mary's web site [https://www.stmarysbitton.org.uk/heritage/707-2/] [accessed 29 January 2025] informs that inside the bowl of the modern font is located the nasin of the earlier font; it cites as source a booklet [...] written and devised by Joy Gerrish in 1970, which has been updated; it reports: "The font, carved of Caen stone was made in 1846. The bowl of the previous font was placed inside it. It has a conical pointed cover, most likely of yew dating from a similar period." [NB: we have no other information or evidence on the earlier basin; the original church was already reported in the 1086 Domesday survey [cf. supra]]