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St John the Baptist in Stockton has a chancel with a date of 1840 on the exterior. The nave, however, has two-bay arcades dating from the 12thc., a 15thc. clerestory and a 19thc. roof. The nave arcades were extended eastwards in the 14thc.and the nave was restored in 1879. The lower part of the west tower may also date from the 12thc. The choir was built in the late Middle Ages and in the 19thc. The font may also be 12thc.
The DB records that the Bishop of Winchester holds Stockton and that there is a church there. Before 1172, Jocelin de Bohun, bishop of Old Sarum, granted the church to the hospital of St Crossat Winchester. This was confirmed by Richard I in 1189.
The font is rather crude. It may date from the 12thc., but the 19thc. seems more likely.
Historic England listing 1181597
N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire 2nd edition Harmondsworth 1975, 484.
Victoria County History of Wiltshire Volume XI, 212-223, esp. 220
