After the long journey across the heath, it is by way of a relief to enter this tiny hamlet. The little church appears to rise up behind one and, sitting astride a small hill, it is reached by a steep path. It is almost entirely 13c and the chancel, with its typical triple lancet windows and the nave are as one with no structural division. There is no tower, but there is a bell gallery of 17c. The building did not completely escape the reforming zeal of the Victorians although mercifully it was restricted to the "renewal of seats and fittings" to a design by John Belcher of London. The octagonal font is 14c and the 1842 organ by Gray and Davidson of London was presented by Louisa Countess of Eldon of Encombe House.
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Ref | Title | Town | Postcode | Distance |
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Church | Arne | BH20 5BJ | 0 | |
St. Martin | Wareham | BH20 4HE | 3 | |
Lady St.Mary | Wareham | BH20 4ND | 3 | |
Church | Lytchett Minster | BH16 6JE | 3 | |
St.Mary | Brownsea (Poole Harbour) | BH13 7EE | 3 | |
Church of Saint Edward the Martyr | Corfe Castle | BH20 5EZ | 4 | |
St. Peter | Church Knowle | BH20 5NF | 4 | |
St. John the Evangelist | East Holme | BH20 6AG | 5 | |
Church of the Transfiguration | Canford Cliffs | BH13 7PF | 5 | |
St Clements - under construction | Poole | BH15 3PH | 5 | |
St Dunstan of Canterbury | Poole | BH14 9JG | 5 | |
All Saints | Poole | BH13 7NP | 5 | |
St. John | Creech | BH20 5DF | 5 | |
St. Nicholas | Studland | BH19 3AT | 5 | |
St. James | Kingston | BH20 5LL | 5 | |
St Mary the Virgin | Lytchett Matravers | BH16 6BS | 5 | |
St Mary | Morden | BH20 7DW | 6 | |
St Aldhelm | Poole | BH13 6BT | 6 | |
St.Michael and All Angels | Steeple | BH20 5NY | 6 | |
St George | Langton Matravers | BH19 3HZ | 6 |
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