Godshill

No individual entry for Godshill found in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 5, 1912) notes: "Of the early church of All Saints —beyond the western portion of the north wall—not a vestige remains, [...] the whole of the present structure, dating from the early part of the 15th century, being the work of the Sheen monks. [...] The registers date from 1678"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SZ5272481822] notes: "Parish church. Lower part of west tower, chancel east window, south chapel windows and transepts early C14. [...] To the right of the south door is a mediaeval stoup restored in 1918;" no font mentioned. A local source [Project Team Isle of Wight Living Churchyard, December 2004] notes that the only remains of the church built in the reign of King Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) are the font and the piscina located near the altar. The present font consists of an octagonal basin with plain sides and underbowl chamfer, raised on a octagonal stem and an octagonal-to-square lower base, on a square plinth; this present font, if it is ancient and had been re-tooled, could go back to the 15th-century re-building of the church, not to the earlier church; it might otherwise be 19th-century]