Moreton Morrell / Mortone

There is an entry for Moreton [Morrell] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3155/moreton-morrell/] [accessed 8 January 2015]; it mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes; "There was a priest, and therefore a church, at Moreton in 1086, [...] and when the vill was divided between the Earls of Warwick and Leicester the church was also divided, so that in 1291 it was said to be worth £10, equally divided between two rectors. [...] The parish church [...] dates from the 13th century, but it is possible that the nave, from its proportions and thick walls (over 3 ft.), is of the 12th century. No details of this date remain, but reset in the north wall of the tower is the head of a small 12th-century window which may have been moved from the west wall of the nave. [...] The font is modern." English Heritage [[Listing NGR: SP3105555612] (1967) reports a "C19 font on panelled octagonal shaft" in this church. The modern font consists of a ridiculously small basin with moulded sides raised on a slender pedestal base, a moulded splaying lower base and a plinth; all parts octagonal. Wooden cover probably of the same period.