West Witton / West Wythton / West Wytton / Westwithington / Wittun / Wittuna / Witun / Wudetun

There is an entry [multiple-place] for [West] Witton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE0688/west-witton/] [accessed 25 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric not church in it. Noted in Glynne's 29 May 1871 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font is octagonal, but small and of doubtful character." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The earliest mention of the church, variously described as church, chapel or free chapel, [...] seems to occur in 1281 [...] The whole edifice has been almost entirely rebuilt. [...] The tower is in one stage without string-courses or buttresses and dates probably from the 16th century" [NB: the VCH entry makes no mention of any earlier evidence in the church, nor does it mention a font in it]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE0610688485] notes: "Church. C16 tower, rest of 1875 [...] Small C18 font, wine-glass shape. Chamfered doorway to vestry, set in the wall of which is stone with Saxon cross-head on it, perhaps a dedication stone."