98 NOTES ON DORSET -RESTORED" CHURCHES. 



Meetings have been held by the Committees at Sherborne, 

 Wimborne and Sturminster Marshall, &c. Papers of enquiry 

 have been circulated and the replies tabulated ; and in this 

 and other ways some interesting information has been 

 obtained. The following is a digest of various facts relative 

 to the Churches in eight Rural Deaneries which have been 

 obtained in the course of the enquiry : 



(The references given in each case to the pages of Hutchins' 

 History of Dorset, and to the Volumes, &c., of the Proceedings 

 of the Dorset N.H. and A. Field Club, may be useful.- 

 J. M. J. F.). 



BRIDPORT DEANERY. 

 (16 Churches. 2 returns have been received.) 



POORSTQCK ST. MARY. (Cf . Dorset Field Club's Proceedings, 

 Vol. XX., pp. 135147 ; Hutchins' History of Dorset, 3rd 

 Edition, Vol. II., p. 135). 



Restoration in 1854-59 (Architect, Mr. J. Hicks, of 

 Dorchester), when the galleries were removed, the North 

 Aisle was added and the chancel was re -roofed. 



The following ancient features were preserved : 



1. West doorway, remodelled in the 14th century ; but still 



retaining, inside, the Norman jambs, and, outside, 

 trace of arch. 



2. Early Norman chancel arch, circa 1100 A.D. 



3. The double hagioscope, probably of 15th century. 



4. Hooks in S. aisle, apparently showing doorway into the 



chapel where the baptistry is now. 



5. South doorway, which is a fine specimen of 14th century 



work. 



6. Dole table in the churchyard, which is in a good state of 



preservation. 

 The steps to the rood-loft were opened in 1915. 



