Avon Dassett / Derceto

There is an entry for [Avon] Dassett [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP4150/avon-dassett/] [accessed 7 January 2015], and it reports a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "The Domesday Survey mentions a priest, implying a church, at Avon Dassett [...] The old church having become dilapidated was pulled down and rebuilt in 1868. Only a small portion of the ancient material was re-used. [...] The font, of grey marble, and other furniture are modern." The present font appears to be made of 'Purbeck marble', a type of limestone; it consists of an octagonal basin with chamfered top and moulded underbowl, raised on a moulded pedestal base, also octagonal, and a splaying lower base of the same shape. Wooden font cover, probably contemporary [i.e., mid-19thC], octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle.