Corfe Castle (St. Edward, King and Martyr)
St. Edward, Corfe Castle
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. 1, 1861, pp. 539-541.
- Mee, A., ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's
England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 71-76.
- Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., The buildings of England: Dorset.
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 166-167.
- Pitfield, F.P., Dorset parish churches A-D. Milborne Port:
Dorset Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 203-206.
- Pitfield, F.P., Purbeck parish churches. Milborne Port:
Dorset Publishing Company, 1985, pp. 18-24.
- Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory
of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 2, South-East
Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970, pt. 1, pp. 53-54.
- Sackett, T. and Sackett, E., Francis Frith's Dorset Churches.
Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, p. 83.
Current church guide (available July 2000):
The Church of St. Edward King and Martyr, Corfe
Castle.
Illustrated eight page booklet containing a short
history of the church - including the Victorian restoration and more
recent changes. Other booklets available are a life of the Saxon King
Edward - who was murdered in AD 978 or 979 - and a detailed History of
the bells and bellframe prior to renovation that was published in
1995 to support the restoration of the bells.
Bells:
There are six bells, the Tenor weighing 11 cwt.
The church and village of Corfe Castle from the Castle, May 2014
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Last updated: 27 May 2014.