Burley nr. Oakham / Boroughle / Burgel / Burgelai / Burgeleia / Burgle / Burle / Burlee / Burleigh / Burley-on-the-Hill

There itwo entries for this Burley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK8810/burley/] [accessed 16 July 2015], neither of which mentions cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular style/period in this church. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "Though much restored and in part rebuilt, the church retains a considerable amount of old work, the two eastern bays of the nave and the west end of the chancel representing the extent of the original 12thcentury building. Towards the end of the same century (c. 1190) a north aisle was thrown out and an extra bay added at the west end, increasing the nave to its present length. [...] The church was extensively restored or altered about 1796 [...] 1869–70 [...] it was very thoroughly restored by J. L. Pearson [...] The font consists of a beautiful 15th-century octagonal bowl, carved on seven sides with elaborate Perpendicular tracery, and having a hollow moulding below the rim enriched with four-leaved flowers and with heads at the angles, on a modern stem and base." Noted in Pevsner & Williamson (1984): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, with diverse tracery patterns and frieze of fleurons, heads, etc."