Brandsby / Brandesbi / Brandsby-with-Stearsby / Branshi / Branzbi / Esteresbi / Estiresbi

The entry for Brandsby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey mentions a priest in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 19123) notes: "There was a church with a priest at Brandsby in the time of the Domesday Survey. [...] The mediaeval church of ALL SAINTS of Brandsby appears to have stood on a part of the site now occupied by the Hall, but the old building was pulled down about the year 1767, when the present structure, bearing the same dedication, was begun by Francis Cholmeley. [...] The font is an urnshaped vessel, resting on a short column". Present font is 18th-century, from the rebuilding. The entry for this church in All Saints Brandsby [http://brandsbychurch.co.uk/history/history-of-all-saints-church-brandsby/] [accessed 9 Dedcember 2019] notes: "The old stone stoup or font at the West end was found in the beck at Stearsby, on the property of Major R. S. Pearson." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE5984071939] reports a "small font on fluted column" in it.