Richmond nr. Scoth Corner No. 2 / Hindrelag / Hindrelaghe / Indrelag / Indrelage

There are two entries for this Richmond [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/NZ1701/richmond/] [accessed 22 December 2015], one of which, in the lordship of Enisan (Musard) mentions a priest and a church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The building has been so much altered and renovated during the last fifty years that there is not a great deal of the old work left, but enough remains to show that a church of the same length as at present stood here in the 12th century. [...] The 15th-century font is octagonal with concave sides on which are shields, the west is carved with i.h.c. and the east with a merchant's mark between i.y.; the stem is modern. In the north aisle is the dilapidated bowl of a 13th-century font which was recently found in the churchyard; it is octagonal and has fluted ornament on the sides." Besides its own Perpendicular heraldic baptismal font still in use, the church of Richmond St Mary's houses an old medieval basin in the nave (on the floor, against one of the sides); the badly battered bowl is octagonal with slightly tapering sides and a tall chamfered underbowl; the unfortunate object shows damage all over and was probably used outside the church for more prosaic functions that it was originally designed for. There are no discernable motifs or ornamentation on the sides of the basin, but two of the sides of the chamfered underbowl show traces of decorative carving, either a fluted pattern or a blind irregular arcade. It appears a crude work, rather than of great antiquity. It is not clear whether it was an earlier font of this church, or brought from elsewhere. It does not appear to be the font of the Domesday-time church here.