Kingston Deverill No. 1

Buck (1951) writes: "The church was rebuilt in 1847 and the old font discarded, but the bowl has since been recovered and placed in the chancel", which must be a reference to this font. The website of the Wiltshire Community History [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=979] [accessed 8 August 2008] informs: "The first record of a church in Kingston Deverill is in Bishop Osmond’s register of 1099, when there was a chapel dedicated to St. Andrew. Parts of the present building originated from the 14th century, namely the tower & the two-bay arcade between the nave and the south chapel. The nave, south aisle & chancel were all rebuilt in 1847 […] During the rebuilding a Saxon font was discovered buried in the churchyard. This font, renovated in 1982, is still in use." The font consists of a plain egg-cup shaped basin (presumably the original piece referred to above) raised on a plain circular pedestal, a miniscule square lower base and a two-step quadrangular plinth; the pedestal, the lower base and the plinth appear modern, as does the round flat wooden cover. [cf. Index entry for Kingston Deverill No. 2 for a font reported in this church in 1815]