St Candida and Holy Cross Whitchurch Canonicorum
When Sir Frederick Treves wrote his superb description of Dorset around 1900, he describes the Marshwood Vale as ".....a somewhat sullen hollow, shunned by man for there is hardly a habitation in it." Yet in Norman times there was a castle with a vineyard and Robert de Maud was so taken with it that he was prepared to be indebted to the tune of "....£380, five marks, five palfreys and four Norway hawks to have the Barony of Mirswude." Indeed, according to the excellent guidebook, William the Conqueror thought so well of it that he appointed his personal Chaplain Guntard to the benefice. It was, at one time, the largest parish in England and claims to have been founded by Alfred the Great, who bequeathed it to his youngest son Ethelwald (890).
Grants
Churches Nearby
| Ref | Title | Town | Postcode | Distance |
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| St Candida and Holy Cross | Whitchurch Canonicorum | DT6 6RQ | 0 |
| Queen of Martyrs & St Ignatius' Church | Chideock | DT6 6LF | 2 |
| St. Mary | Catherston Leweston | DT6 6LZ | 2 |
| St Gabriel | Stanton St. Gabriel | DT6 6EP | 2 |
| St. John | Fishpond | DT6 6NN | 2 |
| St. Giles | Chideock | DT6 6LE | 2 |
| St Stephen | Bettiscombe | DT6 5NT | 2 |
| St. Mary | Marshwood | DT6 5QA | 2 |
| St Mary | Pilsdon | DT6 5NZ | 2 |
| St. Andrew | Charmouth | DT6 6LN | 2 |
| St. Paul | Broadoak | DT6 5PY | 3 |
| St. John the Baptist | Symondsbury | DT6 6HB | 3 |
| St. Andrew | Monkton Wyld | DT6 6DA | 4 |
| Holy Trinity | Salway Ash | DT6 5JE | 4 |
| St. Michael the Archangel | Lyme Regis | DT7 3DA | 4 |
| St. Swithun | Bridport | DT6 5DU | 4 |
| Holy Trinity | Blackdown | DT8 3LE | 4 |
| St Mary | Stoke Abbott | DT8 3JT | 4 |
| St. Andrew | Burstock | DT8 3LJ | 5 |
| St. Saviour | Dottery | DT6 3NN | 5 |