Stanwick nr. Rushden / Stan Wigga / Stanewiga / Stanwica / Stanwicke / Stanwige

There are two entries for this Stanwick [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SP9871/stanwick/] [accessed 12 November 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Described and illustrated in Parker (1849): "the rich, but much mutilated Font". Good example of the Decorated period (Cox, 1907). The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) notes: "The building is mainly of the 13th century, in the earlier part of which, c. 1220–30, aisles were added to an existing 12th-century nave, the chancel was rebuilt, and the tower and spire erected. [...] The late 14th-century font consists of an elaborately carved octagonal bowl and base, but the stem is missing. The bowl has a cinquefoiled crocketed canopy on each face and the base a band of quatrefoils and trefoils." From a note book of J.E.Smith — ‘Northampton Herald' 1856 Sept 20th [www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/Villages/Stanwick/stanwick-church.html] [accessed 12 November 2019]: "The beautiful old font has not been made to look like new, but only cleaned & preserved." The church interior plan in the VCH (ibid.) shows the font located just behind the western-most pillar of the arcade that separates the nave from the south aisle; the font is placed slightly off, towards the nave, but is in a direct line with the south entrance. In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, richly panelled. The stem is missing. On the foot a real foot." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP9801771457] notes: "Church. C13 and C14, restored 1858. [...] Perpendicular octagonal font, with the stem missing."