Milton Lilbourne / Milton Lilborne

Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Octagonal, plain bowl, but the base and the five supports typically E[arly] E[nglish]." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 16, 1999) notes: "Milton Lilbourne church was appropriated by Cirencester abbey, and a vicarage had been ordained by 1195. [...] The proportions of the chancel and nave, and the thickness of their walls, suggest that they were built in the 12th century, the date of imposts on the chancel arch. [...] The registers begin in 1686"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The British Listed Buildings database entry for this church [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-311685-church-of-st-peter-milton-lilbourne] [accessed 23 February 2012] reports: "Font, under tower, octagonal bowl C19, on C13 five-columned base."