Senarpont

The church here is described by Janvier in Brutalis (1893-1899) as being the original of the priory of Saint-Denis founded by Benedictine monks from Saint-Lucien de Beauvais in the early-12th century; the present church is dated late-15th century in this source, and the baptismal font is described as consisting of "un monolithe ovale", similar to those at Guibermesnil and Inval. Noted and illustrated in Richesses en Somme [www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-bapt-du-10e-au-13e-siècle/] [accessed 7 May 2016], where is dated 12th-century and compared to the font at Airaines; the stone is identified as a hard limestone from the Jura region: " Les fonts baptismaux du XIIe s. sont taillés dans un monolithe de calcaire dur qui n'est pas de la région, et ne se trouve guère que dans le Jura. La cuve est octogonale dans un bloc rectangulaire flanqué de quatre colonnettes , à peine dégagées et reposant sur de simples dés carrés. Ces fonts baptismaux ont une certaine parenté avec ceux, plus élaborés, du Prieuré Notre Dame d'Airaines." The font appears monolithic, with broad shafts at the corners, so the description as octagonal is somewhat inaccurate, it being really square with chamfered corners; it is badly cracked longitudinaly at several places. The wooden cover is part of a quadrangular frame that covers the whole of the font top, a round cover hinged to the larger frame; appears modern.