Dalby nr. Terrington / Dalbi / Dalby-cum-Skewsby

There are two entries for this Dalby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6371/dalby/] [accessed 2 December 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Carte (1792) mentions Dalby as a place where the font might be worth viewing for the "extraordinary ornaments, either of device or sculpture" preferred by the Knights Hospitaller. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports: "The church, a very ancient edifice, contains a large and curious font", a description mirrored in Sheahan & Wheallan (1857). Bulmer's Directory of 1890 repeats the qualifiers and adds the location: "a large and curious stone font stands in the churchyard" [though it is not clear whether or not the font was already in the churchyard at Lewis' time]. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The entry for the parish of Dalby with Skewsby in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes; "The early 12th-century church consisted of a nave and chancel, much on the present lines [...] The south wall of the nave is also of early 12thcentury date, pierced by two modern windows of two lights each. The south door is original [...] The font has a massive bowl, almost hemispherical in form and without ornament, standing on a modern base." There is no mention of any font in Pevsner (1966). Eleanor's English Churches page [http://wasleys.org.uk/eleanor/churches/england/yorkshire/north_yorkshire/north_yorkshire_one/dalby/index.html] [accessed 2 December 2019] dates the church to the 13th century and notes: "At the back of the church is a round tub font." [NB: the entry for the parish of Hovingham in the VCH (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes that the font in Scackleton church "was presented from Dalby Church", without further detail]. The entry for the church at Dalby-cum-Skewsby in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6371771213] notes: "Church. Early C12, C15, C16 and C19. [...] font a large hemispherical bowl on a C19 stem and base".