Monk Sherborne No. 1 / Sherborne Monks / Sherbourne / Shireburn / Sireborne / Westshirbourne

There is an entry for [Monk] Sherborne in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU6056/monk-sherborne/] [accessed 16 August 2018] but it mentions neither cleric not church in it. The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The doorway [of the church] is of c. 1140–50, so the window and all the early walling may date from the beginning of the 12th century. [...] The font stands near the north door of the nave; its bowl, which is the only old part, of c. 1230, is of rounded form standing on three small circular marble shafts, with plain capitals, and a large circular stem. Between the corner shafts on the lower edge of the bowl are three heads carved in high relief, one only of which is old. It was given a new base in 1887." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU6041155877] [accessed 16 August 2018] reports: "Fittings include [...] a round C13 font on 3 new shafts". Described in the Rootsweb site: "On entering the church the first thing you notice is the font. This is a deep stone bowl, vertical sided on which roughly carved faces can be seen on three of the sides. Only one of the faces is original, probably from around 1230. The pedestal base and cover are Victorian, and were introduced during restoration work in 1887." [source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com] -- [cf. Index entry for Monk Sherborne No. 2 for a 15th-century (?) baptismal font at nearby Pamber Priory]. [NB: there is an old stone object in the churchyard that some locals have suggested it may have been a font or part of one; it appears to be the base of a stone cross, rather than a font].