Melbury Osmond (St. Osmund)

The Church of St. Osmund, Melbury Osmond (June 2010)

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.
• Mee, A., ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 151-152.
• Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 273.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 1, West Dorset. London: HMSO, 1952, pp. 159-160.
• Sackett, T. and Sackett, E., Francis Frith's Dorset Churches. Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, p. 90.

Church guide (available 2010):

Melbury Osmond: its Church and people by J.C. Townsend. Bridport: Creeds the Printers, 1992 (ca. 1960).
16 pp. booklet.

Bells:

6, 10 cwt. in G.

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 18 June 2010.