Spennithorne / Spenigthorne / Speningtorp / Speningetorp / Spenyngtorp

There is an entry for Spennithorne [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE1388/spennithorne/] [accessed 21 November 2019]; it mentions a church in it. Bulmer's Directory of 1890 mentions a baptismal font of Caen stone from one of the later renovations of this church [probably one in the 19th century -- Bulmer (ibid.) notes that the original Norman church was built ca. 1166, "but a Saxon edifice occupied the spot, as recorded in Domesday Book" -- the name of the village in the DB is 'Speningtorp'] [source: [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Spennithorne/Spennithorne90.html] [accessed 3 December 2006]. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "A church existed here in 1086 (fn. 127); its dedication to St. Michael is mentioned in 1457 [...] The church still possesses in the north arcade of the nave part of the building which stood there in the 12th century"; no font mentioned in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE1370788976] notes: "Church. C12, C13, C14, C15 and C17"; no font mentioned in it. The present font is an awkward combination that starts with a basin round at the top, multilobed below the rim by very broad ribs, the whole of which is chamfered drastically at the underbowl; the latter continues down into a star-shaped stem of eight angles the bottom of which turns square to form the lower base; the upper end of the stem is demarkacted by a thin rope moulding. There is a medium-height font cover, oak with open-work in the shape of a round church, probably from the same date as the font [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].