Upper Helmsley / Hamelsec / Hemelesei / Hemeleshey / Heneleseya / Over Hemylsey / Overhelmesley

There is a multiple-place entry for [Upper] Helmsley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6957/upper-helmsley/] [accessed 10 December 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "The church of ST. PETER was entirely rebuilt in 1888 [...] The previous church was erected in 1795 [...] The font has a plain 12th-century hemispherical bowl resting on a circular shaft. [...] There is some doubt whether the church of Upper Helmsley was given to the hospital of St. Leonard by Niel Daubeney or by his son Roger Mowbray [...] it may be assumed that Roger merely confirmed his father's gift of church and land." [NB: "Roger de Mowbray was the son of Nigel d’Aubigny, one of Henry I’s leading men" [www.dhi.ac.uk/cistercians/people/roger_de_mowbray.php] [accessed 10 December 2019]. The Harton Benefice page [www.sandhuttongroup.org.uk/example-page/st-peter-upper-helmsley/] [accessed 10 December 2019] notes: "The charming church of St Peter in this tiny village is at least the third on an ancient site. Built around 1888 on the site of the previous one" and reports "an 11th century stone font" in it.