of 



By Rev. Canon C. H. MAYO, M.A. 



C Read to the Dorset Field Club in Glanvillcs Wootton Church, Sth June, 



1900.) 





JHHE worthy Secretary of the Field Club has thought 

 fit to require me to write a paper on the Church 

 of Glanvilles Wootton, in which we find ourselves 

 to-day, and as the first duty of the members of 

 the Club is that of obedience to its officers, I 

 will do my best, though that best be but little, 

 to discharge the task which he has laid upon 

 me. 



We are standing in a church which, like so many others, has 

 passed through the ordeal of restoration. And the first remark 

 that I have to make is to mention the fact which, upon examina- 

 tion, you could readily infer, that the chancel, chancel arch, and 

 the north wall of the nave have been newly built from the 

 foundations. This was done in 1875-6, under the superintendence 

 of Mr. G. R. Crickmay, and the church was re-opened for Divine 

 Service on 22nd April in the latter year. Some features from the 

 previous structure are preserved in the new walls, and to them I 

 will presently refer. 



