Edstone / Eddiston / Edestone / Edston / Great Edstone / Great Edston / Micheledestun / Michelestun

There is an entry for [Great] Edstone [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7084/great-edstone/] [accessed 29 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) report a baptismal font of the Norman period here ornamented with arcade work. Listed in the 1868 National Gazetteer simply as "a very ancient font" [transcription by C. Hinson, 2003 in www.genuki.org.uk]. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The church was granted to Hexham Priory towards the end of the 12th century [...] The oldest part of the present building is the nave, which is of 13th-century date, but the chancel was probably rebuilt and lengthened late in the 18th century; in recent years the church was considerably restored [...] The font is circular and of 12th-century date, and has carved round the base a small arcade of semicircular arches supported on pilasters with chamfered capitals." Home (1915) writes: "In Edstone church the Norman font with a simple arcade pattern running round the circular base, is still to be seen". Noted in Morris (1931): "Norm[an] font, round the circular base of which runs an arcade similar to those at Easby and East Ayton." Pevsner (1985) notes: "Font. The millstone-like base has Norman arcade carving." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE7055184005] notes: "Church. C13 with C18 and C19 additions and alterations. [...] Norman font with arcade carving to base".