Bergh in Bergh Apton / Burgh Apton

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "This town does not occur in the Book of Domesday [...] The Church of Bergh is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, has a nave and south isle covered with lead, a square tower, with 6 tuneable bells, and a chancel covered with lead [...] In the 14th of Edward I. Simon de Liston was rector, and James was vicar." 1286 is therefore the earliest reference to the date of this church found in Blomefield (ibid.). The present font is described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "C15. Octagonal. Against the stem four lions and four statuettes. Against the bowl the signs of the four Evangelists and four elegant standing angels." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006): "intriguing font with angels and evangelistic symbols. The subjects are typically East Anglian, but the carvings are unlike any others I have seen, and the angel on the south-east panel must surely be intended as St Michael." Although in general terms the font fits the common design of the East Anglia type, it has rather unusual details: the four standing angels of the basin do not fit the usual depiction in these fonts; there are pairs of crosses between the angels of the underbowl; the figures on the base, between the lions, are also unsusual, certainly not woodwooses. An odd piece. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original ca. 1286 (?) church here].