East Harlsey / Eastherlesey / Harlsey East / Herlesge / Herleseia / Herleshey

There is an entry for [East] Harlsey [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE4299/east-harlsey/] [accessed 27 September 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is noted in Glynne's 18 April 1864 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font is small, of circular form, and has a high wooden cover of Gothic character" [Butler's footnote adds: "the font and its cover are likely to be the new font of 1821" -- Butler also notes that Glynne spelled the name of the village as 'East Harsley']. The entry for this parish in the National Gazetteer of 1868 [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/EastHarlsey/EastHarlsey68] [accessed 27 September 2019] reports "The church is a small stone structure, very ancient". Bulmer's Directory of 1890 [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/EastHarlsey/EastHarlsey90] [accessed 27 September 2019] reports "The Church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is a structure of great antiquity, and supposed to be the fourth one that has occupied the same site. It was restored, in accordance with its original Norman style, in 1885". The Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) mentions only a modern font in this church, but mentions remnants of the 12th and 15th centuries; we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE4262399754] notes: "Church. C12 origins, C17, restored 1885" but mentions no font in it.