Pinner / Pinnora

No individual entry found for Pinner in the Domesday survey. Cox & Harvey (1907: 208) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period here. Th entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Middlesex, vol. 4, 1971) notes: "Although Pinner chapel already existed by 1234-40, [...] it was almost entirely rebuilt before its dedication in 1321 by Peter, Bishop of Corbavia [...] It consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, south-east chapel, and western tower, and dates largely from the early 14th century, although the plan and the lower part of the north-east wall may date from the 13th century. The tower and south porch were added in the 15th century [...] Considerable alterations were made in the 19th century [...] There is a 15th-century font". The font consists of an octagonal basin with deeply-carved panels with a floral or foliage motif inscribed in a quatrefoil, itself inside a roundel and a square; the underbowl has protruding floral motifs; the stem and lower base are also octagonal but mostly plain except for a single moulding atop the lower base. The wooden cover is of the pyramidal type, with many multi-crocketed spires; probably modern. The font and cover are located now by the disused north doorway, probably not its original location.