Wombwell / Wanbella / Wanbuelle

There are three entries for Bombwell [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE3903/wombwell/] [accessed 4 December 2018] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Glynne (in Butler, 2007) reported only a modern font in his 5 December 1862 visit to this church. The Wombwell Parish website [http://www.wombwellparish.co.uk/home.html] [accessed 24 July 2007] informs: "The Old font is in the baptistry which is now the front of the church [...] The new font is perhaps more versatile than the old one. It is, of course, portable and can be moved to wherever it is needed. Baptisms generally take place within the main service on Sundays. The lid of the font [...] has a metal designed 'handle' in the form of a dove flying downwards and represents the Holy Spirit". There are indeed two fonts, one very recent, the other appears to be 19th-century. There may be a third font not mentioned in the website, located in the W end, N side: it appears octagonal and, perhaps, late medieval, the polygonal basin decorated with a graded moulding down the sides [cf. ImageArea]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4004602906] notes: "Church. 1896-1914, several builds. [...] Some remains of the earlier medieval church include a C12 scalloped capital in nave west wall and C15 piscina in chancel at south-east end."