Nunburnholme / Brunhalm / Brunham / Brunne / Brunnum

There are three entries for Nunburnholme [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE8447/nunburnholme/] [accessed 21 July 2014], one of which reports a church in it; another part reports a priest and a church in it; both of these parts were under the lordship and chief tenancy of King William in 1086. Sheahan & Whellan (1857) report ''an ancient font'' in this church. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. In Pevsner & Neave (1857) : 'Font. 'Square, C13, recut." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE8477447790] notes: "Church. C12 nave, early C13 chancel, restored 1873 by George Gilbert Scott (1839-97), west tower and south porch by Temple Moore c1902. [...] It is speculated that the church was built as the priory church of the Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, the Scheduled Site of Nunburnholme Priory being some 800m to the north east of the church. [...] Under the tower a cross-shaft of c1000 AD consisting of two fragments fitted together: four sides with two panels to each side carved with a variety of figures both in profile and frontally presented, together with a number of foliage designs, pelta-like shapes, and beasts. C12 font, probably re-tooled, in shape of cushion capital." The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2018) notes: "The present font is massive and although it resembles a large block capital it is not a Romanesque one, having chamfered corners and rim; nor can it be a cut down 12thc font as its rim width at the angles is too great; it appears to be medieval because of the residual ironwork." The Sheela Na Gig Project [www.sheelanagig.org/wordpress/nunburnholme/] [accessed 16 September 2018] reports and illustrates an exhbitionist figure in the tower arch.