Nether Compton (St. Nicholas)

St. Nicholas's Church, Nether Compton, Dorset

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. 169-170.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 304.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 1, West Dorset. London: HMSO, 1952, pp. 100-101.

Bells:

Five; Treble and 3rd by Thomas Purdue, 1658; 2nd from the Salisbury foundry, 15th century and inscribed "Sit semper sine Ue qui Michi dicit Ave"; 4th dated 1585.

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