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dorset churches

Folder: english churches by county
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 95
the tomb of denzel, lord holles, 1699
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 122
memorial to a thomas hardy, 1599
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 101
view east, body of church, c.1420, east side chapels, c.1480
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 79
c15 beastie on parapet facing the high street
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 109
when the church was rebuilt in the c15, these c12 voussoirs were reused on the south doorway
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 87
most of the church dates from c.1420, with the eastern chapels added in c.1480
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 101
most of the church dates from c.1420, but the end chapels like this one are additions from the end of the c15
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 88
most of the church dates from c.1420
st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

st.peter's church , dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 107
most of the church dates from c.1420, with the eastern chapels added c.1480
all saints church, dorchester, dorset

all saints church, dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 102
built in 1843-5 by ferrey, now used as an arts centre
all saints church, dorchester, dorset

all saints church, dorchester, dorset

06 Nov 2012 84
built in 1843-5 by ferrey, now used as an arts centre
whitcombe church , dorset

whitcombe church , dorset

06 Nov 2012 126
two saxon cross arms, early c11, prob. from two seperate crosses. that on the right may have a beast in the continuous interlace, its mouth top right, legs top left, and seems to be the left hand arm of the earlier cross: that on the left is less deeply carved and may be meant for vine, the interlace being made up of 3 seperate loops, and it may be the later of the two.
whitcombe church , dorset

whitcombe church , dorset

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mermaid from the c15 st.christopher mural . she has a bifurcated tail like a seal, and holds a mirror and a comb.
whitcombe church , dorset

whitcombe church , dorset

06 Nov 2012 130
c15 st.christopher carrying christ on the north nave wall
whitcombe church , dorset

whitcombe church , dorset

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c15 st.christopher on the north nave wall, carrying christ between two shores, with the hermit to the right, on the edge of the yellow cliff, looking down on the mermaid, with trees bottom right and what may be a ship? or a town to the top left
whitcombe church , dorset

whitcombe church , dorset

06 Nov 2012 105
c13 east window, the wall rebuilt in 1921.
whitcombe church , dorset

whitcombe church , dorset

06 Nov 2012 123
window of c.1470, with fragments of glass with the white rose of york and the sunburst
whitcombe church , dorset

whitcombe church , dorset

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