Whitcombe (Dedication Unknown)

Whitcombe Church (March 2014)

Next to the main road (A352), Whitcombe church stands in fields next to a farm complex, not too far from St Peter's Church, Winterbourne Came, with which it once shared a living. The poet William Barnes (1801-1886) was curate at Whitcombe from 1847-52, then again from 1862 until his death in 1886, when he was also Rector of Winterbourne Came.

Whitcombe Church was declared redundant in 1971 and is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. It is a Grade I listed building.

Sources:

• Betjeman, J., Sir John Betjeman's guide to English parish churches, revised and updated by Nigel Kerr. London: HarperCollins, 1993, p. 186.
• Dorset Historic Churches Trust, Dorset Churches. [Dorchester]: DHCT, 1988, p. 56.
• 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. 287-288.
• Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 457-458.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 2, South-East Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970, pt. 2, pp. 375-376.
• Churches Conservation Trust page: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/The-Church-no-dedication-Whitcombe-Dorset/

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