Fontmell Magna (St. Andrew)

St. Andrew's Church, Fontmell Magna, Dorset

Perpendicular west tower; the rest mostly rebuilt 1862-3, by George Evans of Wimborne.

Sources:

• John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1861-1873.
• Arthur Mee, ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 104-105.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, pp. 207-208.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 4, North Dorset. London: HMSO, 1972, pp. 22-23.
• Terence and Eliza Sackett, Francis Frith's Dorset Churches. Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, pp. 94-95.
• Dorset Historic Churches Trust page: http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/fontmellmagna.htm
• Church of England page: http://www.achurchnearyou.com/fontmell-magna-st-andrew/

Bells:

6, 19½ cwt. in F.

St. Andrew's Church, Fontmell Magna, Dorset

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 13 June 2014.