Oborne (St. Cuthbert)

St. Cuthbert's Church, Oborne, Nr. Sherborne, Dorset

The remains of the old parish church are on the south side of the main road (A30). Only the chancel remains. A new church by Slater was built in 1862.

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.
• John Kinross., Discovering England's smallest churches. London: Wiedenfeld & Nicholson, 2003, pp. 40-41.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, pp. 306.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 1, West Dorset. London: HMSO, 1952, p. 63.

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