Blackdown (Holy Trinity)

Holy Trinity Church, Blackdown, Dorset

Church by E. L. Bracebridge, 1839-40 in the far west of the county, close to the Devon border. Consecrated by the Bishop of Salisbury, 22 April 1840. Rebuilt after a serious fire in 1961, which explains the rather odd bellcote.

Sources:

• John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and J.W. Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873, Vol. x, pp. x.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 95.
• F.P. Pitfield, Dorset parish churches, A-D. Milborne Port: Dorset Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 71-72.

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 05 August 2009.