Yetminster (St. Andrew)

St. Andrew's Church, Yetminster (2013)

Sources:

• Betjeman, J., Sir John Betjeman's guide to English parish churches, revised and updated by Nigel Kerr. London: HarperCollins, 1993, p. 187.
• Dorset Historic Churches Trust, Dorset Churches. [Dorchester]: DHCT, 1988, p. 61.
• 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, p. 326.
• Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 504.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 1, West Dorset. London: HMSO, 1952, pp. 270-272.
• Sackett, T. and Sackett, E., Francis Frith's Dorset Churches. Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, pp. 88-89.

Current church guide (available 2008):

St Andrew's Church Yetminster, by Jocelyn Berthoud and Nora Windridge. Yetminster Local History Society; no. 1 (1987).
Much more than a church guide, this is a 116 page booklet providing a well-researched history of the St. Andrew's Church, with appendices on organs, bells, and much else of interest.

Bells:

6, 18-0-8 in E.

More images:

Memorial to Bridget Minterne (17th century)

Horsey Memorial Brass (early 16th century)

St. Andrew, Yetminster

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 8 April 2013.