Great Staughton / Magna Stouton / Moche Stoughton / Scotton / Stocton / Stokton / Stottton / Stowghton / Tochestone

The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "The church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey (1086), but nothing of this early date remains in situ. At the end of the 13th century a gradual rebuilding was commenced [...] The 13th-century font is a plain octagon; the upper part appears to be only roughly worked. It bears faint traces of red and black paint. It stands on a central and four smaller shafts, all modern. [...] This font bowl was discarded in 1866 and buried in the floor of the south aisle upside down to form a base for a mean modern font. In 1901 it was dug up and re-erected in its present form." The octagonal basin has roughly finished plain sides on the upper half of the basin,; the lower half is indented and polish finished, with a moulding at the lower end; the five supporting columns, the octagonal lower base and the plinth are all modern. Modern too is the flat octagonal lid. [NB: the polished lower half of the basin and the roll moulding could be a later re-carving].