Escrick / Ascri

There is an entry for Escrick [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6342/escrick/] [accessed 23 October 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York East Riding, vol. 3, 1976) notes: "There was a church at Escrick in 1252. [...] Little is known of the medieval church of ST. HELEN. [...] In 1781, however, the site of the church, on the west side of Escrick Hall, was granted to Beilby Thompson to further his plans for improving the surroundings of the manor-house, on condition that he built a new church elsewhere. [...] The new building, designed in the Classical style and constructed of brick with stone quoins and dressings, was built beside the York road at the north end of the village and consecrated in 1783. [...] The white marble font by Giovanni Tognoli, [...] consisting of a shallow bowl resting on the heads of two angels, survives". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6280543127] notes: "Church. 1857 by F C Penrose for Rev and Hon Stephen Willoughby Lawley and the second Lord Wenlock with restorations of 1923 by John Bilson. [...] Marble font supported by 3 putti."