Easington nr. Whitby / Esingetun / Esintone / Esintun

There is an entry for this Easington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA3919/easington/] [accessed 27 July 2014], and it reports a priest and a church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "The church [...] rebuilt in 1888–9 [...] in 1888, in clearing away the old structure, no less than nine fragments of pre-Conquest date (fn. 74) and considerable portions of a late 12th-century chancel arch and other stones of the same period were found built into the walls"; the VCH entry mentions no font in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TA3988919169] notes: "Parish church. C12 nave, late C12 - early C13 north arcade and aisle, later C13 south arcade and aisle, C14 tower, late C14 clerestory; C15-C16 chancel, north aisle windows, east section of south aisle, upper stages of tower. Porch rebuilt c1720 and repaired in 1811. Restorations to chancel in 1863, and to nave and aisles in 1890; renovations underway at time of resurvey. [...] C14 octagonal font with plain moulded bowl." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with three mouldings at the upper side, by the rim, the sides proper vertical and plain, the underbowl chamfered; the pedestal base of the type where the octagonal shape is made square at the bottom by angular chamfer on four of the sides, the cutting irregular; on a square lower base, probably modern, with a miniature kneeling step. The wooden cover is octagonal and almost flat, but has the shape of an incipient octagonal pyramid; knob finial. One of the staples in the rim has broken off the stone; the other, at the opposite end, appears to be still in place.