Yetminster No. 1 / Etiminstre

There is an entry for Yetminster [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST5910/yetminster/] [accessed 20 February 2023]; despite its name it reports no cleric or church in it. Mayo (1891) writes: "the old Purbeck base of the Early English font already mentioned [?], a circle with four smaller circles for pillasters, found inverted on the floor at the north-west corner of the tower". The entry for Yetminster in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West (London, 1952), pp. 270-274. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol1/pp270-274 [accessed 20 February 2023] notes the remains of an early font: "In S. aisle—in W. wall, stone base of font with bases for central and four attached shafts, early 13th-century." Newman & Pevsner (1972) write: "Font. Only the foot of a typical Purbeck C12 or C13 font remains, made of five supports." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST5943810646] notes: "Anglican Parish Church. Chancel late C13, rest of church C15. Restored 1890 [...] Base of C13 font re-set in west wall of aisle". Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "base only" [source given: The Revd. P.D. Widdecombe].