Sowerby nr Thirsk / Sorebi

There are two entries for this Sowerby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE4381/sowerby/] [accessed 23 November 2018], one of which reports a priest and a church in it. [NB: there are three different Sowerbys entered for the Yorkshires in the Domesday survey: one near Thirsk, another near Halifax,and another near Whitby]. Whellan (1859) informs: ''in the centre of the transept is a handsome font resting on five pillars. The east window […] together with the font were presented in 1841 by Sir Robert and Lady Frankland Russell'' [NB: the church was originally Norman, though much restored and added to in the 19th century; we have no information on the original font of this church]. Noted in Bulmer's Directory of 1890: "The font, resting on five slender columns, is beautiful, both in design and workmanship. It was the gift of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, Bart., whose initials are carved around the base." [NB: Malcom Bull's Calderdale Companion Churches & Chapels [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/c109_s.html#s349] [accessed 19 January 2010] states that the font at St. George's Church, Sowerby [also Victorian?] was moved there from St. John the Divine, at Thorpe]. Th entry for the parish of Thirsk in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes that the Church of St. Oswald in Sowerby, " is almost entirely modern, most of it having been rebuilt between 1840 and 1883, while the north aisle and vestry were added in 1902. That there was a building here in the 12th century is shown by the south doorway, which is a good example of the work of that period"; it does not mention a font in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4311581374] notes: "Church. Norman south doorway with 2 orders of colonnettes, scalloped capitals and one with intertwined trails, zig-zag and beakhead in the arch. Squat 3-stage tower, the top stage, with 2-light openings and castellations, is an addition, the rest may be C15. Otherwise C19 and C20 of 3 periods"; it does not mention a font in it.