Birkby / Bretby / Bretebi / Brettebi

There is a multiple-place entry for Birkby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ3302/birkby/] [accessed 27 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The church of St. Peter is first mentioned in 1291 [...] The church of ST. PETER [...] was built in 1776 on the site of a church which was probably of the 12th century. [...] Two very interesting stones have survived the general destruction or loss of the old work. One, which measures 14 in. by 8 in., is evidently a piece of a cross shaft of 11th-century date and is carved with an interlacing pattern; it is now set in the west wall. The other, which was found under the floor, is a carved capital of about 1160; it fitted a 13-in. column, and its presence implies that there was an arcade in the former church. Its top is hollowed out and pierced with a drain, showing that it was afterwards used as a font. [...] The present font is a modern one; the 18thcentury baluster font formerly in use now stands in the churchyard." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ3315402384] notes: "Church. 1776 with alterations in 1872"; it mentions no font in it.