Burneston / Brenningston / Brinnington / Brunston / Brynston

There is a multiple-place entry for Burneston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3084/burneston/] [accessed 26 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Glynne's 27 May 1871 visit reports: "The font is debased and bears date 1662." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a Restoration baptismal font dated 1662. Ditto in Morris (1931). The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "At the end of the 11th century Robert de Musters gave the church of Burneston to the Abbot of St. Mary [...] The nave probably contains the stones of an aisleless nave of the 13th century or earlier. [...] The base and bowl of the font are octagonal, but the stem is circular. All are rudely moulded, and the sides of the bowl are carved with variously shaped panels, containing the date 1662 and the initials R.B. R.W. IP. R.K. and C.P." Noted in Pevsner (1985): "Font. 1662. Big, octagonal, with the usual initials and just one geometric pattern." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE3086384942] notes: "Church. C15 and C16. [...] Font of 1662, octagonal bowl, on round moulded shaft, bearing inscription 'RW RB 1662 RK'." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a slender moulded cylindrical base and a graded octagonal lower base; the whole stands on a two-step plinth at the west end of the nave, in the centre of the aisle opposite the south entrance. The sides of the basin appear thus: 1)blank, with a metal piece embeded in the stone, part of the cover locking hardware; 2)framed side with the intials "RS"; 3)geometric quadrangular motif; 4)framed side with "R.W" initials; 5)framed side with "RB" initials and metal piece, also part of the locking hardware; 6)scalloped framer, initials "IP" and date "1662"; 7)zig-zag frame and intials "RK"; 8)framed side with initials "CP"; these initials probably refer to the persons who donated the font. The well of the basin is lead lined. The wooden font cover is octagonal with a tallish finial; it appears modern.