Middleton nr. Tamworth / Mideltone / Mildentone

There are two entries for this Middleton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1798/middleton/] [accessed 9 December 2014], one of which, in the lordship of Hugh of Grandmesnil [the other part was in his wife's lordship], reports a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 4, 1947) notes: "There was a priest in Middleton in 1086. [...] In 1257 Philip Marmion sold the advowson of the church to the dean and chapter of Tamworth [...] The chancel and nave are of about mid-12th-century date, the former retaining remains of original windows and the latter those of the south doorway [...] The font is modern. There is also a disused 18thcentury font of baluster type." The Church of England 'A church near you' entry [www.achurchnearyou.com/middleton-st-john-the-baptist/] [accessed 9 December 2014] for this Middleton notes: "The Font was given by the Revd Henry Vere Hodge in 1848 in memory of five of his children who died in infancy. It is still in use today."