Durweston (St. Nicholas)

St. Nicholas's Church, Durweston, Dorset

Perpendicular tower, church by P. C. Hardwick, 1847

Sources:

• John Hutchins, 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. 266-267.
• Arthur Mee, ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 95-96.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 191.
• F.P. Pitfield, Dorset parish churches, A-D. Milborne Port: Dorset Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 230-231.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 3, Central Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970, pt. 1, pp. 89-91.

Bells:

6, 9-3-12 in F#.

Modern carvings of St. Mary and St. Nicholas on the West Tower of St. Nicholas's Church, Durweston, Dorset

Carving of St Eloy shoeing a horse, in St. Nicholas's Church, Durweston, Dorset

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 28 April 2011.