Cranborne No. 1 / Creneburne / Crenebvrne

There is an entry for Cranborne [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SU0513/cranborne/] [accessed 27 February 2023]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) notes: "The font is of Purbeck stone, large and octagonal, with panels of plain pointed arches, and is supported on short cylindrical columns. It originally stood against the west face of the fourth pier on the south side, where there is an incised cross with a niche on either side, and an iron hook to hold up the cover." Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period made of Purbeck marble. Noted in Long (1923) as a good example of "a considerable number of Early English fonts in this county [...] mostly of Purbeck marble, a fact which leads one to suppose that the majority were constructed in or near the Isle of Purbeck, and exported in considerable quantities to other parts of Dorset, and even much further afield. The type consists of an octagonal bowl, with shallow pointed arcading on the sides. The bowl is usually mounted on a thick central, and four or eight smaller detached angle shafts, standing on a low plain base." In Mee (1939). In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Of Purbeck marble, C13, octagonal, with two shallow blank pointed arches to each side." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble, Polygonal I Type (Octagonal): "Purbeck stone" [source given: Information supplied by the Vicar]. [cf. Index entry for Cranborne No. 2 for a holy-water stoup listed for this church]