Hemington nr. Frome / Hamitone

There is an entry for this Hemington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST7253/hemington/] [accessed 11 October 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Pevsner (1958) describes the font: "Plain, circular, Norman, with two friezes of lobes." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST7273453026] reports a "Norman tub font" in it. Described in the Hardington Vale Group of Churches [www.hardingtonvale.org.uk/Hist_Hemington.html] [accessed 13 April 2009]: "circular font decorated with a double ring of scallops" and dated to the Norman period, as is the church itself. The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2019) notes: "Putative Saxon remains have also been discovered nearby [...] Font. Unusually placed near the E wall, in the S aisle of the chancel, level with the steps of the high altar, with plenty of ambient space since there are no pews here. In the usual white local limestone, it is in quite good condition. It seems all of a piece and date, its design nicely balanced and eschewing all but the boldest decoration. Without plinth below, the base is a variation on the conventional chamfered ring, with a shallow roll between the bottom-most ring and chamfer as well as a lighter roll above the chamfer. Some renewal appears to have been effected at the present WNW. The relatively shallow stem is rather ostentatiously marked off top and bottom by astragals of different profile (round below, flat-sided above); it also carries a large roll round its middle. The bowl is almost straight-sided except for the incurved bottom. A roll runs round the bottom, above the lowest element, a straight-sided ring. The top of the bowl has a prominent chamfer. The bowl has been finished in such a way as to leave large bold scallops hanging from the top chamfer and rising from the bottom roll. Close inspection of the upper row of scallops, especially at the present SW (where there is evident damage), might lead one to deduce that the top chamfer is not an original feature and that the two rows of scallops were originally better matched in size. Lead lining (in fair condition) is brought up and across the whole of the rim. There are still lock-fittings visible at the present E and SW."