Easton nr. Winchester / Estune

There is an entry for this Easton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU5132/easton/] [accessed 3 July 2018]; it reports two churches in it. The National Gazetteer of 1868 reports "a curiously carved font" here. White (1878) notes: "The Norman font has been placed under the tower arch." [NB: the church itself is described in White (ibid.) as a curious blend of Norman and Early English architecture]. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "At the time of the Domesday Survey there were two chapels at Easton in the possession of the bishop (fn. 30) The advowson of Easton was in the hands of the bishop of Winchester until the year 1885. [...] The church of Our Lady is a very valuable example of a small parish church of c. 1170"; a modern font is noted inside the church, but there is no mention in the VCH entry of a medieval font. The modern font is based on a popular font type of the 12th century, the 'table-top' design on five supports, the basic desing of most of the Tournai fonts as well; it is a decent rendition of the classic design, although the motifs on the basin sides are modern in character. [NB: we have not been able to find recent sources of information on the old font, claimed by Whte [cf. supra] to be located under the tower arch. The modern font is located towards the centre of the nave].