Grendon nr. Castle Ashny/ Crenden / Gredone / Greendon / Grendone / Gryndon

There are two entries for this Grendon [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP8760/grendon/] [accessed 5 December 2014], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Mee (1945) notes the font here as modern. The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937): "The two western pillars and arches of the nave arcades are all that remains of an aisled church of 12th-century date […] Early in the 13th century the church seems to have been reconstructed at its east end and the aisles widened […] There was a partial restoration of the building in 1848 […] The font is modern, but an 18th-century pillar font with small fluted bowl has been converted into a receptacle for alms." The church interior plan illustrated in the VCH entry shows the font located in the west end of the nave, by the tower arch. The present font consists of a square basin with scalloped lower sides, a single medallion-like floral motif on the sides; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base, and a round-to-square lower base; the design is chiefly Norman, but the font is modern. The wooden cover is square and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle. [NB: the fabric of this church goes back to the 12th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]