Honington nr. Bury St. Edmunds / Honnington

There is an entry for this Honington in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TL9174/honington/] [accessed 7 January 2015]; it reports a church and church lands in it. A font here is described in Parker (1855) as a panelled font of the Decorated period, "on the eastern panel is a representation of the Crucifixion". Noted with an illustration in James (1930) as a baptismal font with a Crucifixion scene on one of the basin sides. Noted and illustrated in Cautley (1982) as perhaps the best traceried font of the 14th century in the county. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TL9134374570] notes: "Parish church […] Plain narrow Norman chancel arch: imposts on nook shafts […] A very fine octagonal C14 font has delicate traceried panels around shaft and bowl, and a Crucifixion on the 8th side. Low, renewed base." On-site notes: octagonal mounted font; the octagonal basin has one side, the east, ornamented with a Crucifixion scene, while the other seven are decorated with traceried windows; the lower base is also octagonal and has two broad mouldings with a deep groove between them; the basin well is lead-lined; The font is in well preserved. Noted and illustrated in Knott (2008): "a heartachingly beautiful crucifixion scene. Above the cross are the sun and moon in the sky, and Mary lifts her hands imploringly, while John holds his head in despair. If this was in the V&A, people would travel from all over the world to see it. Mortlock thought that, for it to have survived, it must have been plastered over; either at the Reformation, or when the Puritans started flexing their muscles." [NB: we have no information on the original font of the Domesday-time church here].