Haselbeach No. 1 / Haselbech / Haselbeech / Hazlebeach / Hazlebeech / Hazelbeech

Described in Bond (1908): "When Hazlebeach [sic] Church, Northants, was 'restored' in 1860, a new font was set up; and the ancient font was solemnly interred beneath the church floor, whereupon another font, yet more ancient, was discovered; this was reinterred; and now [i.e., ca. 1908] this parish has the proud distinction of being the only one on record which is definitely known to have buried two ancient fonts." No font is mentioned in Mee (1945) or in Pevsner & Cherry (1973). Described and illustrated in Stocker (1997) as the late-medieval font which was buried in 1860 when a new font was installed; at that time a third font, probably late-12th century was found buried there and the late-medieval joined it until 1903, when the late-medieval font was reinstalled in the church and "the 1860 font was sold for use in a new urban parish". The 12th-century font is still supposed to be in its burial place. The late Mediaeval font appears to consist of a plain round/cylindrical basin with vertical sides, the underbowl polygonal (octagonal?) and decorated with what appear to be large rosettes; it is raised on a polygonal (octagonal?) stem of plain vertical sides, and a plain ovtagonal lower base; plain octagonal plinth. [cf. Index for Haselbeach No. 2 for this font -- the 1860 font is not listed in this Index on account of its late date]