Bilton / Bilton nr. Rugby / Belton

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view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: Norman relics? a font? [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph posted 24 July 2010 by Dragontree [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9AW9_Norman_Relics_St_Marks_Church_Bilton_Rugby_Warwickshire_UK] [accessed 26 January 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19679BIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mark
Church Patron Saints: St. Mark
Church Location: Church Walk, Bilton, Warwickshire, CV22 7LX -- Tel.: +44 1788 810641
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located between the A4071 (W) and Dunchurch Rd. (E), just E of Cawston, N of Dunchurch, SW of Rugby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry [formerly in the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry]
Historical Region: Hundred of Marton [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Decorated? / Early Perpendicular?
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Bilton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP4873/bilton/] [accessed 26 January 2015]; it mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. Lewis (1848) writes: "The church is principally Norman, of which style it exhibits some good specimens; the tower and spire are of latter date", but mentions no font in it. Bloxam (1949) reports the octagonal font here as being of the Decorated period, "the sides of the bason of which are covered with tracery marked out and partially sunk, but left in an unfinished state". The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "There was a priest at Bilton in 1086 [...] The chancel, nave, and west tower are of the mid14th century; the south porch was added in the early 19th century, possibly in 1821 when the then east window was altered; the north aisle was added at the general restoration in 1873 by G. F. Bodley [...] The octagonal font is of the later 14th century; the panels of the bowl alternate in the form of their decoration, one having quatrefoiled roundels, the other two trefoiled ogee-headed panels. The blind tracery is throughout flush with the sides of the bowl, giving it the appearance of being unfinished". The English Heritage entry [Building ID: 308449] (1949), however, reports a "Bulky stone font with shallow panelled sides, probably Victorian", in this church. There is a Waymarking.com report under the title "Norman Relics - St Mark's Church, Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire, UK", their location given as "Near the entrance porch of St Mark's church are the Norman Relics"; the accompanying photograph, posted on 24 July 2010, shows a tub-shaped stone object with some stones on top; the tub-shaped object could very well be a font or a well-head. Is it the old font from the Domesday-time church here?
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.361354, -1.285103
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 21′ 40.87″ N, 1° 17′ 6.37″ W
UTM: 30U 616774 5802614
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-01-26 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, The Principles of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, with an explanation of technical terms […], London: W. Kent, 1859
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1848-1849