Whitkirk / Whitechurche / Whitkirke

No individual entry for Whitkirk found in the Domesday survey. The entry for Whitkirk St. Mary's in Mee reads: "There is an old font bowl and a new font". The entry for this church in Historic Ebgland notes: "Anglican church. C15, chancel rebuilt 1901 by GF Bodley; restored 1855-56, re-ordered c1990", but it does not mention a font in it. The history page of the parish [https://whitkirkchurch.org.uk/history/] [accessed 22 October 2018] reports: "Vicars of St Mary’s Church, Whitkirk can be traced back to 1185 AD although there was probably a church on this site before that date. It is possible that there was a Saxon church of blackened timber which was then replaced by a stone church giving rise to the name “Whitechurche” (Whitkirk). The earliest reference to “Whitechurche” is in a charter of Henry de Laci conferring land to the Knights Templar. The names of the witnesses prove the date of this charter to be between 1154 and 1166. The font and the piscina date from the 12th century although the present Grade 1 listed building is predominantly from the 14th and 15th centuries, with later additions and alterations. The font is a single piece of magnesium limestone identified as being from the quarry which provided stone for the construction of York Minster". The entry for this church in Ryder 1993) mentions no font in it.