Kirkby Ireleth / Gerleuuorde / Kirkeby Irelith / Kyerkelith / Kyrkeby Yrlith

There is an entry for Kirkby Ireleth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SD2382/kirkby-ireleth/] [accessed 12 April 2019], where it is included with over a dozen other places; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Whitaker (1823) writes of a restored church here but mentions no font in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "From the name of the place it is probable that there was a church here in the [?]nth century [...] Externally it has little architectural interest except for a 12th-century south doorway; internally a restored 12th-century window on the north side of the chancel and the remains of another on the south side, which has been built up, are the chief indications of the antiquity of the building [...] The font may be of 15th-century date and is of red sandstone, octagonal in plan and in two pieces. The upper part, which is 2 ft. in diameter, is quite plain, but on the base facing east is a small shield on which is a cross." The round plinth is modern, as is the wooden cover.