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CORSCOMBE. (Hutchins, II. p. 90). 



The Church was rebuilt and enlarged in 1877 (Architect, 

 Mr. Allen, of Crewkerne) ; the only portions of the old church 

 remaining being some of the pillars of the nave, the tower, 

 and the S. porch. 



HALSTOCK. (Hutchins, IV. p. 463). 



A considerable restoration was carried out in 1845, with 

 the addition of a new N. aisle (from designs of Welby Pugin). 

 The foundations of the E. wall of the chancel were discovered 

 in 1897, at a distance of 8 feet beyond the present wall, 

 the chancel haying been thus much shortened in 1773. The 

 altar is worthy of notice. It consists of a wooden slab on a 

 stone wall with a trefoil in front which may be a part of the 

 old E. window. 



HOOK. (Hutchins, II. p. 178). 



Much altered in 1875 (Architect, Mr. G. R. Crickmay, of 

 Weymouth), when the gallery and old bell tower were 

 removed. 



MA.PPERTON. (Hutchins, II. p. 158). 



Repaired in 1846, when the porch was added, and a new 

 E. window was inserted. When the vestry was built in 

 1908, the jamb tracery of an old window, now exposed, was 

 found in the S. wall. The bowl of the old font, formerly 

 in an outhouse, has been placed in the vestry. (A drawing 

 of this font is to be found in British Museum Addit. MS. 

 36321, fo. 146.) Some of the old glass mentioned by Hutchins 

 seems to have been brought from the house of the Hilary 

 family, and from their aisle in Beaminster Church. Hutchins 

 mentions three brass plates on a flat stone in the belfry. 

 These have disappeared. 



