Barston / Bercestone / Bertanestone

There are three entries for Barston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2078/barston/] [accessed 1 December 2014], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "Barston was a chapelry of Berkswell [...] until 1894 [...]", and reports the re-building of the church in 1721, with later modifications; the VCH (ibid.) adds: "In the churchyard is a medieval cross retaining part of the shaft, a square base, and two octagonal steps. [...] The registers date from 1598. [...] fittings are modern". English Heritage [List entry Number: 1075964 ] (1961) reports: "Village church on the site of a medieval church. Rebuilt 1721 in a classical style, following a severe fire. It was Gothicised in the late 1890s (reopened 1900) including some refenestration, and the vestry and north porch were added. In addition some minor re-ordering in 1980. [...] The polygonal timber pulpit and a mid-C19 font are both designed by Dudley Male of Birmingham. The font has a stone bowl decorated with sunk quatrefoils on a stem decorated with trefoil-headed arches."