Morcombelake / Morecombelake

No individual entry found for either Morcombelake or Morecombelake in the Domesday survey. Mee (1939) notes "a plain old font with a ring of cable round it", originally from the old ruined church of Stanton St. Gabriel, later moved to the new 19th-century church at nearby Morcombelake. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SY4051893800] reports: " Font: C19 stone bowl and stem with one band of interlace ornament." In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Tub-shaped, Norman, with a band of interlace." Described and illustrated in the CRSBI (2018): "The font is now located towards the NW corner of the nave, just E of the nave W door. The surfaces throughout have been buffed absolutely smooth, and the stone is of a very fine yellow/buff limestone not seen in other fonts in the area. The bowl is circular, with sloping sides and a hollow-moulding to its base. About a third of the way down is a raised band of interlace. The basin has slightly sloping sides with a flat base. There is no lead lining and no evidence of any fixings for a cover. The bowl sits on a circular drum with a hollow-moulding at its base, and the whole is set on a square plinth. The plinth is certainly of 1841, and may be of the same stone as the rest of the font. [...] Pevsner states that the font belongs to the Norman period; the RCHM says that it is of doubtful antiquity. It is certainly Romanesque in form; however, but for the fact it is reputed to have come from the old chapel, there is nothing in its appearance that would suggest it is anything other than of 1841." Illustrated in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/morcombelake.htm] [accessed 23 August 2018].