Spaxton / Spachestone

There is an entry for Spaxton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST2237/spaxton/] [accessed 4 April 2018], but it does not mention cleric or font in it. Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56), University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham on 15 June 1887 accompanied by the following description: "Octagonal. Position, at W. End of Nave, under Tower Arch. Circular bowl, slight rakes, no lead, 3 1/2 mar. 10 1/2 deep. The depth of the circular footing or platform is only figured from memory. It is not of the same date as the font, but is old also. Flat modern cover." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The entry for this church in Historic England [IoE Number: 269407] notes: "Scraped font, probably C14". The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 6, 1992) notes: "The existence of a rural deanery of Spaxton in the later 12th century [...] suggests that the church may have begun as a minster, and the building appears to be of the 11th century [...] The church of St. Margaret, so named by 1742, [...] was dedicated in the Middle Ages and until 1536 or later to St. Mary. [...] The narrow nave and the herringbone masonry at the east end of the north wall suggest a date in the 11th century. The nave was later extended westwards and both nave and chancel were altered in the early 14th century. The tower was built or heightened probably in the 1430s. [...] North and south chancel chapels were formed in the later 15th century [...] The chapel was extended, probably twice: it was used as a vestry by 1606 [...] and was enlarged to take the organ in 1894." The present font is either a new replacement dated to the 19th century, or a total re-tooling of an older one, more likely the former: it consists of a plain octagonal basin with chamfered upper rim, a plain and tall underbowl chamfer, raised on a plain octagonal stem and a moulded octagonal lower base. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with a flat cross on top and a metal ring handle. [NB: if this is new font, we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]