Huntspill / Honspil / Hunespil / West Huntspill

There are two entries for Huntspill [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/east-and-west-huntspill/] [accessed 1 May 2018], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 8, 2004) notes: "There was a church at Huntspill by 1194 [...] Before 1194 Fulk Pagnell, lord of Huntspill, gave the church to Tickfold or Newport Pagnell (Bucks.) priory [...] The church was dedicated to All Saints by 1434 [...] until after 1866, [...] to St. Peter by 1872 until c. 1953, [...] and by 1955 to St. Peter and All Hallows; the VCH entry does not mention a font here, but does refer to "a contemporary font cover", 'contemporary' meaning 17th-century in the context of the entry. The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: ST3047345468] notes: "neo-Norman font with C17 tester". Described and illustrated by 'chippy1920', in Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/byjr/3862308780/in/photostream/] [accessed 18 September 2009]: "Font dates from 1880...the 13th. century church burnt down in 1878 and was rebuilt in 1880, the original font perished in the fire… the font lid is 17th century, octagonal." The modern font consists of a round basin with tapering sides decorated with large rhomboid panels with inscribed cusped motifs; also in the spandrels; on a cylindrical stem that is plain between roll mouldings at both ends, and an octagonal lower base. The sides of the pyramidal cover are decorated; ball finial. [NB: the Church of All Saints in East Huntspil was built originally (1839) a chapel of ease to St. Peter's].