Stinsford (St. Michael)

St. Michael, Stinsford, 2011.

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.
• Mee, A., ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 233-237.
• Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 398.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 3, Central Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970, pt. 2, pp. 252-253.
• Sackett, T. and Sackett, E., Francis Frith's Dorset Churches. Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, p. 60.

Current church guides (available 2011):

C. J. P. Beatty, Guide to St. Michael, Stinsford [ca. 1981].
8 pp.

Timothy Hands, Thomas Hardy & Stinsford Church (Stinsford PCC, 1992).
14 pp.

Bells:

3: Treble, 1927 (recast of a 15th century bell); 2nd, Thomas Purdue, 1663; Tenor, 1616.

Thomas Hardy and Stinsford Church:

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Thomas Hardy's grave, Stinsford churchyard

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 28 November 2011.