Bainton / Bagenton / Bagentone

There are two entries for this Bainton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE9652/bainton/] [accessed 20 July 2014], one of which, in the tenancy of Count Robert of Mortain, mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. Sheahan & Whellan (1857) write: "The font is circular, and is entirely covered with net or diamond work.'' Noted in Glynne's visit of 30 Novemver 1865 (in Butler, 2007): "The font is Norman; bowl cylindrical, sculptured with lozenges, and chevroned at the rim; upon two steps." Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a "richly diapered" Norman baptismal font of the Norman period. Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a diapered font with "a very rich effect being produced by the insertion of small crosses or other figures and emblems within the trellis pattern". This same source (ibid.) mentions that the fonts at Nafferton, Rudston, Barmston, Carnaby and Weaverthorpe, all in the East Riding of Yorkshire, have similar ornamentation. Ïn Pevsner & Neave (1995): ''Font. Tall, drum-shaped, Norman with diaper pattern and cable moulding.'' The cylindrical basin is raised on a two-step plinth and covered with a plain wooden lid.