Buckland Ripers (St. Nicholas)

Church of St. Nicholas, Buckland Ripers (October 2013).

Buckland Ripers is a small rural village to the west of Broadwey. The church is in a fairly remote setting at the end of a lane and mostly dates to 1655, as the medieval building was destroyed by fire. The church is very small and just consists of a nave and chancel.

Sources:

• Hutchins, J. The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by W. Shipp and J.W. Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873, vol x.
• Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 123.
• Pitfield, F.P., Dorset parish churches, A-D. Milborne Port: Dorset Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 134-135.
• Raven, J.J., The church bells of Dorset [part 2]. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Vol. XXV, 1904, p. 47.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 2, South-East Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970.

Bells:

The church has a bell-cote with two apertures, but only one bell. Raven (1904, p. 47) says that it has no inscription.

Church of St. Nicholas, Buckland Ripers (October 2013).

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 20 October 2013.