Crambe No. 1 / Crambun / Crampholme / Crarm / Crawme / Grammum

Moule (1837) writes: "In the church is an ancient font, large and square, supported by a stout centre shaft, and four pillars at the angles, with enriched capitals; the upper part of the font is environed by interlaced semicircular headed arches." Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 and Sheahan & Wheallan (1857) report a ''handsome'' font in this church. Described in Bulmer's Directory of 1890: "The font, with a square top resting on a central column, with a smaller one at each of the four corners, belongs to the Transition period" [i.e.: 1150-1200]. Described and illustrated in Bond (1908). The entry for this parish in gthe Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "The history of the church of St. Michael can be traced back to 1086, when the parish of Crambe had a church in moieties which belonged to its two manors respectively. There is reason to believe that it was the moiety of the Count of Mortain, in whose fee, according to the Survey, were one priest and one church [...] The earliest portions of the existing building appear to date from the 11th century and may be either before or after the Conquest. [...] The fine late 12th-century font has a square bowl, the sides of which are ornamented with a shallow interlacing arcade of round arches. It rests on a central and four subsidiary piers, all cylindrical, and all having moulded bases standing on a common square plinth. The capitals of the smaller piers have carved foliage somewhat mutilated." In Morris (1931): "Good, square, late 12th-cent. font bowl, with intersecting, circular-headed arcade, on drum and four shafts, the capitals of which have 'water-leaf' ornament", which he dates to the Transitional period. Noted in Pevsner (1985) who dates it Late Norman. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE7333464861] reports "a late C12 font with square bowl with intersecting round-arched arcade on each side, carried by central pillar with 4 corner shafts each with waterleaf capitals." The basin is a quadrangular box the sides of which are ornamented with overlapping Romanesque arches. The base consists of one broad central column and four detached corner colonnettes, all well-formed and with water-leaf capitals; all of it raised on a square lower base and a rectangular plinth with priest's stone. [cf. Index entry for Crambe No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of about the same period listed for this church]