Hognaston / Ochenauestun

There is an entry for Hognaston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK2350/hognaston/] [accessed 19 November 2016]; it mentions a priest, a church and 1.0 church lands in it [NB: the 1.0 carucate of church land is at Ashbourne]; being in the lordship of King William in 1086, a priest appears together with the king as lord. Cox (1875-1877) writes: "The other Norman detail is the font, which is about four feet in height and two in diameter. The base upon which it rests, consisting of three grouped pillars, is modern; but the font itself is a circular piece of gritstone, channelled with a series of circular-headed arches." Reported in Kelly's Directory of 1891. Bond (1908) writes: "A hog and three other animals are being led up to the Agnus Dei by a bishop with a crozier", but it refers not to the font but to the tympanum over the south portal. Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font. Norman, tub-shape, with short stumpy arcades" [cf. infra]. On-site notes: the basin of the font has been resurfaced and drastically cleaned; it is too regular; however, the type of motif, columns and arcade, suggest a 12th-century date; raised on a modern base. The church was redone in 1860's; perhaps the font was re-tooled at that time? A note included by Pevsner (1978) in his entry for Eyam is rather confusing; after describing the font at Eyam, Pevsner adds :(cf. Hognaston; found in a garden at Hathersage)" [which one was found in the garden at Hathersage: Hognaston? Eyam?]. The web site for the United Benefit of Atlow, Bradley, Hognaston, Hulland and Kniveton [www.hullandchurches.org.uk/index.php/hognaston/hognaston-history] [accessed 19 November 2016] notes: "The base of the Norman /font was renewed by Linford-Bridgeman Ltd of Lichfield in January 1992."