Hollington / Halinton / Halyngtone / Holintun / Horintone / Horintune

Noted as a pentagonal in Pugin (1843) and in Paley (1844). [NB: yet Pugin (ibid.) writes in the same work: "A font of five sides I do not know to occur any where"]. In Geldart (1899) after Pugin. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as "the unique example of a pentagon font". Mentioned in Bond (1908) as a pentagonal font, "a solitary example". There is no mention of a font in Harrison's (1920) entry for this church. Tyrrel-Green (1928) corrects Bond, who "was doubtless unaware of the existence of a like example at the very obscure village of Bletherston (Pem)." The Parish web site [www.stleonardsandstannes.org.uk/history.htm] [accessed 7 November 2010] has a brief history of the church by Denis Baker, which notes: "The font replaced an earlier sandstone one from the old church, and at one time, shortly after the restoration, there were two fonts in the church. Unfortunately, the older font was subsequently removed and placed in the churchyard, where it was broken up and destroyed." The British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-293741-church-of-st-leonard-in-the-wood-hasting] [accessed 7 November 2010] reports: "There is a C19 octagonal stone font with wooden cover with decorative brasswork".