Melplash (Christ Church)

Christ Church, Melplash, Nr. Netherbury, Dorset

A neo-Norman church by Benjamin Ferrey, 1845-46. DHCT (p. 34) report that the interior has been re-ordered, with the nave screened off as a parish hall, the remainder realigned with the altar in the original north transept.

Sources:

• John Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman's guide to English parish churches, revised and updated by Nigel Kerr. London: HarperCollins, 1993, p. 183.
• Dorset Historic Churches Trust, Dorset Churches. [Dorchester]: DHCT, 1988, p. 34.
• 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 and Sons, 1861-1873.
• Arthur Mee, The King's England: Dorset. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, p. 155.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 282.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 1, West Dorset. London: HMSO, 1952, pp. 172-173.
• Terence and Eliza Sackett, Francis Frith's Dorset Churches. Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, pp. 41-42.

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