Mildenhall nr. Marlborough / Mildanhald / Mildenhalle

Described and illustrated in Buck (1951) as a Georgian font "installed in 1816, when the church, which dates back to Saxon times (though the present buiding does not show anything earlier than Norman), was refitted internally". Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975) as a stone font and its wooden cover of the 1815-1816 refurnishing. The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, col. 12, 1983) notes: "There was a church at Mildenhall in the 12th century. [...] The chancel and nave were rebuilt in the late 12th century but the arcades, of which the south arcade is the earlier, probably follow the lines of earlier walls. [...] The parish registers begin in 1560." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The present font consists of a shallow square basin decorated with quatrefoil-in-a-circle motifs on the sides; decorated chamfered underbowl; very slender square pedestal base decorated with arches. The wooden cover is pyramidal square with finial. [NB: we have no informattion on the earlier font of this church]