Rodmarton / Redmertone

There are two entries for Rodmarton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST9497/rodmarton/] [accessed 20 February 2019] one of which mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there must have been one there. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 11, 1976) notes: "Although architectural evidence of a church in Rodmarton before the Conquest [...] is not accepted, a priest was recorded in 1086. [...] By the end of the 13th century the church comprised at least a nave, a north aisle of one bay, and a narrow chancel. In the earlier 14th century the chapels, tower, broach spire, and porch were added to complete the plan as it survives today. The completion was probably marked by the dedication of the high altar in 1340. [...] The font was replaced in 1859 when it was considered old and unsightly." The VCH entry (ibid.) notes the nearby chapel at Tarlton, which, "seems, on architectural evidence, to have existed by the late 12th century. [...] The Norman font, which has a tub-shaped bowl recut in the early 14th century, is said to have stood in the parish church until 1859." [the VCH entry footnotes this reference: "Trans. B.G.A.S. 1. 319; card in chapel."]. The Gloucestershire County Council site [www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1778] [accessed 3 January 2008] states:"the Norman font was brought from Rodmarton." The Historic Church Trails in Gloucestershire site [www.gloschurchtourism.com/pages2/thamesheadchurches.htm] [accessed 3 January 2008] expands: "the Norman font was brought from Rodmarton church, whose chapel-of-ease St. Osmund's is, to replace 'the old unsightly one'''. The replacement font is noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Plain Perp[endicular] font of 1859", without a mention of the earlier one. The new font is hexagonal, not common in Victorian font design.