Chilton Polden / Chelton upon Poledowne

There is an entry for Chilton [Polden] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST3739/chilton-polden/] [accessed 6 May 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 8, 2004) reports a baptismal font retained from the old building in the new church ["church of St. Edward, dedicated to St. John the Baptist in 1763 […] The font had stood in the centre of the nave"]. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: ST3734939960] (1987) reports a medieval font in this church. The entry in the CRSBI (2018) does not mention a font here, but it describes and illustrates an object that may have been originally a holy-water stoup: "A loose stone, formerly a stoup but now used as a support for a vase, is placed in the N squint of the chancel. It is of fine-grained limestone which has been polished over time. The upper part, below the ring round the bowl, is cut so that four broad leaves fold over the angles to terminate at a sharp point on the base. Between the leaves there are broad tongues with their angles placed on the base. Despite minor damage which does not detract from the stoup’s elegant beauty, it is in good condition [...] The stoup is mentioned neither in Pevsner (1958), Orbach and Pevsner, the Listing Description, the VCH, nor the Church Guide. The author is indebted to Brian and Moira Gittos for his attention being drawn to this exquisite piece. The leaf forms suggest a date in the 1170s or '80s (ed)."