Sharnbrook / Sarnebroc / Scernebroc / Seernebroc / Sernebroc / Serneburg

There are eleven entries for Sharnbrook [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9959/sharnbrook/] [accessed 1 September 2015], none of which mention cleric or church in it. Lysons (1806-1833) mentions this font as one of a group of octagonal fonts made mostly of Totternhoe stone; this one decorated with Gothic tracery. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The church of Sharnbrook was granted to the abbey of St. Mary de Pré, Leicester, by Baldwin Triket in the reign of King John [1199-1216] [...] In the 15th century the north aisle was extended westward to the tower, and perhaps rebuilt [...] In the south aisle is a well-designed 15th-century octagonal font with quatrefoiled panelling, resting on an octagonal base with buttresses at each angle." In Pevsner (1968): "Font. Octagonal, Perp, with a buttressed shaft and quatrefoiled lozenges broken across the corners. Fleurons on the underside." Low-dome wooden cover, appears modern. The whole raised on an octagonal plinth with kneeling stone.