Bury nr. Peterborough / Biri / Bury cum Hepmangrove / Byri / Byrig / Byry

Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Transitional period [i.e., 1150-1200]. The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "An early 12th-century church which stood here probably consisted only of a chancel and nave; the east and west walls of the nave of this church survive. [...] At the west end of the aisle is the font dating from about 1200. The bowl was originally square, but the angles have been cut off to form an octagon. It stands on a drum pedestal resting on a square base." The VCH entry (ibid.) further notes: "A fragment of conventional ornament on one face of the bowl has been mistaken to represent the date MCL or MCCC (Cambs. and Hunts. Arch. Soc. Trans. i, 409)."