Cleasby / Cleesby / Clesbi / Cleseby / Cleysby

There is an entry for Cleasby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ2513/cleasby/] [accessed 14 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The chapel of St. Mary [...] of Cleasby was in existence in the late 12th or early 13th century [...] It seems to have been a dependency of the mother-church of Stanwick [...] The church (dedication unknown) [...] is recorded to have been built in 1828, but the walling is not all of the same character and probably not of the same date. The north wall is of rough rubble and looks as though it might be an older wall retained. [...] The font, though a good deal re-tooled, appears to date from the 13th century. The bowl is square with rolls at the angles and edges, and on each face a design of four broken circles forming a cross in a sunk circle. The stem and base are modern." Pevsner (1985) notes two fonts in this church: "The Font square and re-tooled. But what was it originally? It has on each side a large circle with four small circles inside. A C18 Font with baluster stem and fluted bowl outside the church." [NB: the latter not included on this Index on account of its late date]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ2491913074] notes: "Church. Rebuilt, incorporating some earlier fabric, in 1828, restored and refitted 1878. [...] retooled C13 font on newer plinth, having square bowl with roll moulding at angles and edges, and on each face a quatrefoil".