Tincleton (St. John)

Church of St John the Evangelist, Tincleton (2013).

The existing church at Tincleton dates from 1849 and was designed by Benjamin Ferrey in the style of the thirteenth century. It is built of limestone rubble with dressings of Ham Hill stone ashlar. The old church on a more southerly site was demolished when the new one was built but many of its fittings - including an interesting Norman font - were moved to the new church.

Sources:

• Hutchins, J., 1861-1873, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by W. Shipp and J.W. Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols.
• Mee, A., ed., 1939, Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder & Stoughton p. 262.
• Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., 1972, Dorset. The buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin, p. 423.
• Raven, J.J., 1903, The church bells of Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Vol. 24, pp. 103-148.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, Inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 3, Central Dorset. London: HMSO, pt. 2, pp. 286-287.
• Walters, H.B., 1938, Dorset church bells. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Vol. 60, pp. 97-120.

Bells

Tincleton church has two bells externally visible in a bell-cote. The lighter one is the same age as the church (1849) and was cast at the Whitechapel foundry. The other has a confusing inscription, possibly the initials of churchwardens, but H. B. Walters (1938, p. 113) is unable to assign it to any known founder. J.J. Raven (1903, p. 135) gives the following details:

Two Bells. Tenor - Diam., 24in; height, 20in.; note C.

1. C & G Mears founders London 1849.
2. B T I B D (? C) W

Tincleton Church from the west (2013).

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 13 May 2013.