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Dorchester - St Peter |
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Street and open during normal hours. Park in one of the nearby pay car parks in the
town.
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Two Knight late 14th century
These two military effigies are similar but not
at all identical and now rest on window ledges in the
Hardy Chapel; they are said to have come from a
Franciscan Friary or an earlier church.
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Altar Tomb (14th century)
in wall recess in chancel. Carved initials
'HW'
and a merchant's mark as in roof of north chapel |
Sir
John William (1617) & Wife. The centre is a
black shrine on the roof of which armour is placed. The
couple kneel on either side, behind a pair of columns
which carry an arch with Elizabethan motifs. Blocked by
organ! |
Thomas Hardy of
Melcome Regis (1599)
Wall monument with
pilasters, obelisks and arms |
Denzil
Lord Holles, Baron Ifield (1679/80) A large
standing monument on which he reclines, wearing a wig
and yet Roman costume, on a sarcophagus. Wingless putti
stand in front; these were originally on flanking
pedestals which were destroyed when the monument was
moved to its present position. . This was erected by his
nephew's son and heir, John Duke of Newcastle in 1699.
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Denzil Holles (1599-1679/80)
was a member of the Short and Long Parliaments
for Dorchester. When in 1628 the speaker Speaker
attempted to adjourn the House at the command of
Charles I, he held him down in his chair 'till
we are pleased to rise'; for this action he was
fined and imprisoned. He escaped and lived in
banishment for seven or eight years. When
Stafford, his brother-in-law, was on trial he
attempted unsuccessfully to save him by trying
to get the King to abolish episcopacy if
parliament would drop the attainder. He opposed
the King in parliament and raised a regiment of
foot which fought at Edgehill. Thereafter Holles
led the peace party and was one of the
Commissioners sent by Parliament to propose a
peace treaty with the King at Oxford in 1644.
When the Army marched on London in 1647 he fled
to Normandy but returned the next year when he
was one of the Commissioners sent to negotiate
the Treaty of Newport with the King, who was now
prisoner in the Isle of Wight. Threatened with
arrest on his return he again fled to France. Following the restoration
he was made a Privy Councillor and a baron. He,
however, opposed much of Charles II's policy in
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| John Bascombe Lock (1842)
Cpt in the 5th Bengal Native Infrantry. Died in
the Khybur Pass. |
George Care (1846),
his wife Frances (1814) their sons
Thomas (1846) & Charles (Dow
1846) Cpt in Bengal 1st Regiment. |
John Gordon (1774)
'... He died at Dorchester Oct 4th, 1774 age 46. On his
return to (?) Jamaica where he had resided many years In
Universal Esteem. He was signally instrumental In
quelling a dangerous Rebellion in the Island In the
Years 1760 A large Body of NEGROES whom his
BRAVERY had repulsed Finally yeilding To their Confidence
in his HUMANITY...' |
Henry Duncombe (1788) |
Edward Pearce (1817)
'... for 50 years a banker in this parish...'
Clara Jane Constance (Conybeare) Pearce Edgcumbe
(1888) wife of Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe.
'...only 23...' |
Mary
Finch (1882) '...in a vault outside, near this
tablet...' John Finch (1883) her
husband
Rev Thomas Morton Colson AB (1830) & Mary (1833)
Rector of Linkenholt Hanson. Dark gray marble
tablet with arms
Revd John Morton Colson LLB (1863) '... 44
years rector of Dorchester St Peter...' '...was buried
in a vault in the churchyard...' B&W Tablet
Mary Bond Colson (1849) '... was buried with
her parents beneath the altar' B&W Tablet
Ann Catherine Colson (1874) 2nd daughter of Rev
TM & M Colson '... buried with her brother in the
churchyard...' B&W Tablet
Elizabeth Dampier (1874) '... widow of Revd W
England, Rector of Winterbourne Came, and the third
daughter of the Rev T M & M Colson...buried with her
husband at Came...' B&W tablet
Alfred Gregory (1848) B&W Tablet
John Willis (1834) B&W Tablet with shield, signed Lester of Dorchester
Henry Tooze (1828),
Barrack Master at Dorchester & Susanna (1846)
White marble tablet; signed Gregory, Dorch.
Also
Mary Honour (1873), wife of their son,
Richard Tooze (1874) '...Their remains are
deposited in a vault in the churchyard adjoining the
southern base of the tower...'
Mary Shergold (1840)
white marble tablet on black surround
'... Erected by the three surviving children of...'
William Churchill (1796) , buried at
Puddle Hinton with his sister Elizabeth, wife of Nath.
Templeton. Their mother Jane Churchill (1801)
...buried in the church with her daughter
Sophia (1800).' White tablet and below on
separate tablet: '... In addition...'
Caroline Frances Churchill (1805 age 18) '...
one of the above mentioned children....buried in this
church by the side of her mother...'
Henry Joseph Moule MA (1904) B&W
tablet.
Mary Blandy (1844) B&W
tablet with arms
George Churchill (1814) Captain of the
34th Regt. of Infantry white
marble tablet with scroll held by hand at the top with
coloured oval background. '...Captain of the 34th Regt.
of Infantry...in North America...'
Joshua Churchill (1786)
tablet
Henry Duncombe (1788)
white marble tablet with wreath, urn and arms
Elizabeth Cozens (1821)
White marble tablet with urn against gray marble
backing. Signed Gibbs
A wall brass records that the carved alabaster
panel of the reredos was presented by Miss Ashley in memory
of her uncle the late Earl of Shaftesbury (1899)
Early 18th century tablet with pilasters, urns
and cartouche, Illegible inscription and arms.
There are several floor slabs,
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Right: Knight
Purbeck marble, cross legs, early 14th century
Left: Lady Stone, wears wimple,
early 14th century
Both very worn
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Melbury Sampford
Church in Private Hands
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Milton Abbey
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Minterne Magna
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Over Compton
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Piddletrenthide
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he cross legged, c. 1300 Very poor
condition.
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Knight in ogee
arched recess, later 14th century;
shield. The front of the tomb chest has carvings of the
Crucifixion flanked by the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene,
St Peter and St Paul in niches. Poor |
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| Knight & Lady on
tomb chest with angels with shields, alabaster,
1460-70. This tomb appears to have been
originally free standing but is now in a corner and the
panels from the hidden sides of the chest are now set
against the back wall above the effigies. His feet rest on
ape. Some colour remains. Mutilated |
Knight, alabaster
of about 1470
with shield on earlier
Purbeck marble tomb chest with canopy Said to be Sir
William Martyn although he died in 1503. Good
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| James Lukyn (1671)
tablet with Corinthian side columns and painted arms
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Top:
Mrs Charlotte Susanna Cunningham (1804)
marble
Bottom: Henry Hooton AM (1721)
Latin inscription; arms of Hooton impaling
Arnold of Islington |
Illegible possibly:
Sir John Brun (1639),
Charles Brun (1637) and Charles
Brun (1645) |
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| Hon Henry Dawnay DD (1754)
Vicar of Puddletown, Prebendary of Canterbury.
marble |
Illegible |
Robert Abner (1807)
? & Margaret |
Lt James Edmund (1863)
'... accidentally drowned whilst bathing...' |
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John George Brymer (1921)
36 years rector of Childe, Oxon. '...whose mortal
part rests in this churchyard.'
Arthur Leonard Helps MA (1956) Canon of
Salisbury, vicar of this parish
Kathleen Helps (1956) Very similar to
the above: tablet with arms
Wilfred John Brymer JP (1957) his
sister Constance Mary (1963)
Anna Eleonora Neyle Also Maria
Phillippa & Nicholas Vincent '... children of
the above who died in infancy...' No dates. B&W tablet
Roger Cheverell (1517)
brass
Christopher Martyn (1524)
brass with kneeling figure
Nicholas Martyn (1524)
kneeling figures on four brass plates fixed to
back of stone monument with Ionic columns
William Brandish (1638)
stone panel with arms.
Mary Hayman (1696)
floor slab in chancel
Floor Slab defaced 17th
century in nave
John Brune (17th century)
Floor slab in nave
George Edwards (1743)
headstone
Martha (1735) &
Robert Purchase (1745) headstone with
emblems of mortality
James Boswell (1820)
tablet |
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Sherborne Abbey |
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Church open
during normal hours and very welcoming. Park in one of
the pay car parks. The church and town are well worth a
long detour.
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Clement ( 1150) Purbeck marble; top part of
slab only remains. Latin inscriptions identifies him. |
An
Abbot (13th century) Purbeck marble
Also below |
Priest (13th century) Purbeck
marble Also below |
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Ethelred's brothers, Ethelbald & Ethelbert
- who also became kings - are buried
at Sherborne, they have no monuments other than this
modern brass inscription. See also Wimborne Minster
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Left:
John
Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol (1698) & his two
wives, Alice (1658)
and
Rachel
(1708/9) Very big marble standing monument.
Corinthian columns, urns, arms, putti. Effigies of John
Digby and his two wives; he holds his coronet; his wives
hold burning hearts. signed by
Nost
Above & Right:
John Leweston (1584) &
Joan (1579)
By
Allen Maynard .
Not shown but in this chapel:
John Lewesten (1584) The last of
his line of Leweston Manor. 'There is no trace of the
tablet originally in this frame, or the wording thereon.
The place was placed here in 1921 by George Hamilton
Fletcher of Leweston Manor.' Tablet in frame.
George Hamilton Fletcher as
above. Similar. No date |
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Robert (1726) & Mary (1729),
2nd son and eldest daughter of John Digby above. Marble tablet with
epitaph by Pope |
Left & above:
Sir John Horsley (1546) & son (1564).
Sir John bought the Abbey at the Dissolution. White
stone, two recumbent effigies on tomb chest with
shields; canopy. Coat of arms in lozenge against
back wall The rather exotic armour is based on that worn
in about 1470. The monuments was originally in the north
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Laurence Rowe-Fisher-Rowe (1915) 'The
Old Friend' Lt Col the Grenadier Guards. Dow Battle of
Neve, France.
A Similar monument is to: Gareth Hamilton
Fletcher (1915) Kia 'in the front trenches at
Cuinchy, La Bassée, France' |
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Above:
Johan Walcot (1630) English
inscription
Right: John Eatmont (1722/3)
Latin inscription |
Not shown:
Sarah, daughter
of Charles King (1710) Floor slab,
ambulatory
Emorbus Johnson (1614/15)
Floor slab, St Sepulchre chapel
George Brown (1709)
& wife Izor (1711);
Dorcas (1679), wife of James Brown & their
daughters, Dorcas (1689/90) &
Unity (1701); George Brown (1692)
Floor slab, ambulatory
Eliza, wife of
James Pidle (1710); Simon Aish
& others Floor slab, ambulatory |
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be reset in Bishop Roger's Chapel. This
may be locked: ask a member of staff to show you. |
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Above: Carew
Hervy Mildmay (1784) & first wife Dorothy (1743).
A very large wall monument with draperies, lion, obelisk
and urn. Portrait medallions of commemorated
and his wife. By Thomas Carter of Picadilly
Left: John Cooke (1766) & Penelope
(1767) Marble 'Near this place he interred the
remains of...'
The upper tablet to the right of the above
is to James Fellowes (1799) & Jane
(1828) surgeon. '...whose remains are
deposited in the vault of St Mary's Church,
Lambeth'
Below this: John Beale (1831) &
Sarah (1820) '...in a vault near this
tablet' |
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include those listed below |
Curiosity |
Jeremiah Cuffe
(1673) &
Jerimiah,
his father (1684/5) Slate tablet |
Walter Cowth (1675)
Stone
tablet with two panels
Dr John Bartlett (1703) Slate
wall tablet, incised with cartouche
John Derbie (1713)
& Mary (1717) Alabaster wall monument with tassels, lamps and
cartouche.
Mary (1741) , wife of Rev John
King. Marble & stone wall monument with Doric columns &
urn.
Jeph. John of Lincoln's Inn (1742) Marble wall monument with scrolls and urn.
James Blackmore (1746) & Anne
(1745) Marble wall monument with broken pediment and
urn.
John Wickham (1751) & Esther
(1745/6), his first wife & Gertrude 1789), His
second. Marble wall monument with urns and black
cartouche in rococo frame.
George Buchanan (1826) Wall
monument with shield with arms.
Samuel Whitty (1833) & others.
Wall tablet by T Tyler of Bristol
Pemberton Methuen (1835)
Tablet
by G Crawford
Alfred & John Walter Butterworth
(1835) As above |
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Wimborne Minster |
Park in one of the town's pay car
parks. Open for visitors Monday - Friday 9.30am -
5.30pm; Sunday 2.30pm - 5.30pm.
Website
A particularly delightful and friendly church, which
celebrated its 1300 years in 2005, with much of
interest: not only the monuments, which include the only
brass to an English King (actually King of Wessex), but
also an astronomical clock and a chained
library. The church and the town itself are well worth a
long detour. |
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A Fitzpiers (late 13th
century) knight Mutilated. Arms on damaged
shield and nearby wall suggests attribution; the
Fitzpiers were once lords of the manor of Hinton
Martell. On 17th century table tomb.
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'Underneath lie the remains of John de Berwick Dean of
this church 1312'
Dean John de Berwick (1312) Slab
with 19th century brass plate, once part of table tomb
around which parishioners used to meet annually to
enquire into the affairs of the parish.
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Anthony Etricke (1703)
- "The Man in the Wall".Black slate coped
sarcophagus with painted shields; on it the date 1703,
which has been clearly altered from 1693, the date he
(incorrectly) foretold his death. He was recorder of
Poole and the Duke of Monmouth was brought before him
after the Battle of Sedgemoor. An eccentric man, he was
offended by the people of Wimborne so declared he would
be buried neither in their church, nor without it,
neither in their ground, nor above it. Afterwards,
desiring to be buried with his ancestors but not willing
to break his vow, he obtained permission to be buried in
the wall where his coffin was placed in his lifetime.
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GertrudeCourtenay,
Marchioness of Exeter (1557) Purbeck marble
tomb chest; edge retains part of black letter brass
inscription. Brass shields lost from sides of the tomb
chest. She and her husband were found guilty of treason
under Henry VIII, her husband being executed. She was
imprisoned in the Tower but later pardoned.
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Thomas Hanham (1650) of Middle
Temple. Painted alabaster; two kneeling figures facing
each other across a prayer desk. Arms and inscription.
Nearby is a tablet with the name "Snodgrass" and
together with the name "Wardell" in the baptistry is
said to have been seen by Charles Dickens and used by
him in Pickwick Papers
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Broken slab with cross in relief: no
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King (Saint) Ethelred (871)
Brass demi-figure made around 1440. He was king of
Wessex and King Alfred's elder brother and died of
wounds fighting the Danes at Merton, near Cranborne. The
inscription, added 250 years later, gives the date of
death as 873 on St George's Day. The brass is set in a
Purbeck slab which may have covered the original grave.
It was cut to size in 1857 and is now set in the chancel
wall, although it was set in the chancel floor certainly
as late as 1966.
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William Warham (1612) and family:
Anthony & Honor. Anna (1741), wife of Anthony
(erected by Anthony 1746) stone and marble. |
Bartholemew Lane (1679) Slate with stone
surround. |
Erected by
William Fitch in 1705
during his lifetime for his parents, buried in the vault
below. His wife Ann, himself and
immediate offspring. No other names or dates given |
Harry Constantine (1712), Mary (1704);
their son Rev Harry (1748), his wife
Wiliams. Marble tablet with Baroque
surround |
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William Ettricke (1716)
large white marble tablet with arms.
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John
Rolles (1779) & Mary (1780) Their daughter
Mary (1748 age 20). John Fryer
(1810) & Ann (1812), daughter of the above.
Their children: John & Thomas (died in infancy),
Henry (1819) & Jane (1827) |
George Ellis Beethell (1742) tablet
with arms
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Thomas
Fox (1830), Iana (= Jane?) Son
Nathaniel Rector of Poyntington |
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Nicholas Russel (1763). 'Forty five Years
Receiver of the Revenues of this Collegiate CHURCH...'
Also his son Richard (1772) |
Mary
Russell (1773) widow of William, one of the
ministers of this church |
Elizabeth
Loader (1777) her husband John (1802)
Their daughter Elizabeth White (1825) |
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Top: Edward Butt
(1781) & 3 sisters:
Abigail, Elizabeth & Mary
Lower: Margaret (1803)-
his widow -
and their son Rev Edward Butt (1842),
Vicar of Tollertratham
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Issac
Gulliver (1798) & Edward Wagg (1799),
his son-in-law
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John
Moore (17__) |
Anne
Mary Caroline Linthorpe (1885) & her sister
Caroline (1888) |
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slab, now fractured and wall mounted, covering the
Gulliver vault. |
Margaret Ford (1819) wife of John MD FLS |
Mrs
Elizabeth Reek (1802) |
W. E(tricke) (1663)
slate ledger stone |
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Dean Thomas Brembre (1361)
slab, not in situ
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'(1587)
'Vicker of Sturminster'. Wall brass, text only.
The wording suggests her was incumbent after his death! |
| Wife
of Anthony Wayte (1619)
floor slab, part inscription |
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Elizabeth Pope (1663)
small stone panel |
| Robert
Russel (1718)
slate floor slab,arms |
| John
Moyle (1719)
tablet. This is the best of a series of late 17th and
early 18th century tablets |
| Thomas
Cox (1730) tablet |
| George
Bethel (1782)
tablet |
| John
Bayles Wardell (1810) age 8. Tab with simple
sarchopagus |
| George
Leckie (1812) B&W Tab |
| Percival Hart Dyke MA (1919)
Canon of Salisbury; Rector of Compton Abbas.
B&W Tablet similar to the above |
| Rev Charles Bowle (1841)
'for forty years one of the ministers of this
parish'. Gothick tablat |
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Anthony Sarjeant (1829), Mary (1803),
their children
Jane
(1811), Sophia (1822), James (1824), Mary Sutton (1840)
Large B&W Tablet |
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Charles Onslow (1884)
'Presbyter of this Minster' Wall brass, text
only. |
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Francis John Huyshe (1905) Vicar for 24 years.
B&W Tablet |
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Wimborne St Giles
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Whitchurch
Canonicorum
St Candida |
Shrine of
St Wite A complete but plain stone shrine - very rare.
The three "portholes" in the front of medieval shrines are said
to have been based on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem where the
actual rock slab on which Jesus's body lay was clad in marble to
either protect the rock or hide the damage that had been done to
it; the three holes allowed pilgrims to see and touch the rock.
shown (shown)
Thomas de Lude (1300)
part of brass of a foliated cross
John Wadham (1584) Tablet
of two panels, against the top of the left panel, a brass
inscription
Sir John Jeffrey (1611)
Standing monument with recumbent effigy with much intricate
strapwork on the chest and on the back wall
Admiral Sir George Summer (1611)
Brass of 1903 paid for by public subscription. He
sailed with Raleigh
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