Menheniot / Mahunyes / Mahynyet / Manhunyhet

No entry found for Menheniot in the Domesday survey. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Cox (1912) notes: "Square font of Caen stone, supported on octagonal shaft and 4 smaller pillars, has been much retooled and looks modern", but gives its original date as the Early English period. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX2879162821] notes: "Parish church. Consecrated 1293. Tower possibly C13. Main body of Church C15. North aisle circa early C15, extended circa mid C15, possibly contemporary with erection of south aisle and chancel which extended 1 meter to east of south aisle. Chancel further extended in 1865 during restoration. Upper stage of tower and spire late C14 or early C15 [...] Font of Caen Stone, octagonal shaft on square base with rounded corners. Square bowl with rounded corners. Pyramid oak font cover 1916." The font is illustrated in the Cornish Churches web site [www.caerkief.co.uk]: it consists of a square basin with chamfered corners, raised on a central polygonal shaft and four round corner colonnettes with moulded tops and bases, on a square lower base and an octagonal plinth. There is a wooden font cover of the type that is raised with a pulley and/or counterweight; dated 1916 [cf. supra]. Pevsner (1970) mentions neither font nor cover.