Thorngumbald

No entry found for Thorngumbald in the Domesday survey. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TA2076426459] informs: "Parish church. Medieval, with C12 doors to nave and vestry, the latter reset; refenestrated in C15. Upper sections of walls rebuilt in C17 or earlier. C18 restorations and new vestry; tower rebuilt 1758. Restorations of 1858 included replacing C18 tower with bellcote, reflooring, reseating, reroofing. C20 brick repairs to south side [...] C12 cylindrical tub font on later octagonal shaft and base." The CRSBI entry for this church [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=10120] [accessed 17 February 2025] notes: "A font at Thorngumbald is probably in Caen stone, this is likely because the church belonged to St Martin d'Auchy in Normandy, and the Humber shore was close to the village at that time. It may be that other possessions of alien Norman abbeys in the region also used Caen stone, but that has not been ascertained [...] Plain cylindrical font in a cool white stone with very smooth finish. Grain not visible. The key-holder said that the font had been painted dark brown at one time, but a vicar had had it removed. The surface is smooth, with the remains of vertical tooling or chatter marks from turning. One cross slashed on the W face may be original, compare font at Lund." [NB: the CRSBI original text was later modified to: "The font is certainly not in a Wolds oolitic limestone. Since the revenues of Thorn went to the Abbey of St. Martin d’Auchy in Normandy, and the Humber was accessible, it would have been as easy to have a font from Normandy as anywhere: therefore plausibly Caen stone was used."]