Tickhill No. 1

No individual entry found for Tickhill in the Domesday survey. The font here is described in Gough (1792): "hexagon [cf. infra], with the initials of Mary, Jesus, a third, and a cross." Described in Hunter (1828-1831): "On entering by the south porch we are admitted into a spacious area, in the centre of which stands the font, exactly opposite the west door, and, till the erection of a modern gallery, the only object which this part of the church presented. It is of the usual capacious size, octagonal, raised on a cluster of four columns. Four of its sides present shields, bearing a plain cross, the monograms JHC, MR, and XPC. On the other sides are roses in quatrefoils." An engraving by Miss H. Falconer, dated 1828, reproduced in Hunter (1828-1831) shows the interior of the nave, Tickhill church, looking west, with the baptismal font right in the centre of the nave, opposite the west door. This illustration is also shown in Butler (2007). Noted in Glynne's visit to this church probably in 1834 (in Butler, 2007): "The font is an octagon, panelled with quatrefoils and shields, on a pedestal formed of clustered shafts, and a band of square flowers round the base." Noted in Armitage (1905) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Noted in Morris (1932): "Perp[endicular] font." An illustration in Davies (1962) shows a chalice-shaped octagonal font ornamented with shields on the basin sides and rosettes on the lower base; it now stands under a modern canopy raised on four columns, the work of George Pace according to this source. In Pevsner (1986 c1967): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal with shallow bowl, simply decorated with quatrefoils and shields." Pevsner (ibid.) notes the "C19?" font canopy by G.G. Pace. The entry of this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK5917493086] notes: "Lower stage of tower early C13. North-east chapel evidently earlier C14. Remainder probably rebuilt not long after, and ending up with the west tower which can be dated by historic evidence 1373-99. Tower still incomplete in 1429, possibly providing a date for the crenellated parapet"; no font mentioned in it. [cf. BSI entry Tickhill No. 2 for Tickhill Priory Church]