Buckhorn Weston (St. John the Baptist)

St. John the Baptist's Church, Buckhorn Weston, Dorset (2019)

Fourteenth century, with additions; west tower rebuilt 1861 by Thomas Richards of Wincanton, under the direction of T.H. Wyatt; north aisle added 1870-72 by G.R. Crickmay.

Sources:

• Hill, M., Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., The buildings of England: Dorset. New Haven, CT. and London: Yale University Press, 2018, p. 167.
• 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.
• Arthur Mee, ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, p. 48.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 121.
• F.P. Pitfield, Dorset parish churches, A-D. Milborne Port: Dorset Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 128-131.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 4, North Dorset. London: HMSO, 1972, pp. 6-8.

Bells:

6, 11–1–6, in G, overhauled 2020 by Matthew Higby & Co Ltd.

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 22 July 2022.