Crayke / Craike / Craikshire / Crake / Crayk / Crayke Castle / Crec / Crech / Creic / Creyk

There is an entry for this Crayke [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE5670/crayke/] [accessed 14 May 2018]; it mentions a priest and a church in it. Sheahan & Whellan (1857) write: ''The font is plain octagonal bowl on a plain shaft and base''. The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes a font in this church [source: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Crayke/Crayke68.html] [accessed 13 August 2007]. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "A church was probably founded at Crayke by the bishops in AngloSaxon times, and it is unlikely that it did not exist in the days of Etha, the anchorite of the 8th century. [...] In 1086 Crayke had a church and a priest [...] The church seems to have been rebuilt in the 15th century. [...] The font is also 15th-century work and has an octagonal bowl and stem with a moulded base and a wooden cover of the 17th century." Morris (1931) and Betjeman (1958) mention a font cover of the 17th century, but make no mention of the font. The Parish web page [http://www.crayke.org.uk/cuthbert.cfm] [accessed 13 August 2007] notes: "the pews and font cover are from the 17th century. The font may be as old as the church itself" [i.e., ca. 1490]. The font consists of an octagonal basin of plain sides that round at the underbowl, raised on a moulded octagonal pedestal base with a splayong lower base; on an rectangular plinth. The font cover consists of an octagonal platform on which is a the usual Jacobran-style ribs-around-a-pivot supporting a pointed finial. There is damage to the upper rim of the basin consistent with the forceful removal of the old cover staples. There is no mention of any font in Pevsner (1966).