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when the galleries were removed, and four small clerestory 

 windows were discovered and opened out, and a series of 

 texts were found under the thick whitewash. A few frag- 

 ments of old glass remain. . These have been collected and 

 placed in the E. window of the south aisle. 



COMPTON VALENCE. (Hutchins, II. p. 292, D.F.C., XII. 



p. 66). 



The church was entirely rebuilt in 1838. A brass in the 

 nave, carved heads at the ends of the roll mouldings of 

 windows and doorways, a niche over the porch, a part of the 

 font, and the tower appear to be the only details of the old 

 church which still remain. 



DORCHESTER ALL SAINTS. (Hutchins, II. p. 377, D.F.C., 

 XII. p. 40). 



The earlier church was destroyed by fire on 6 August, 1613, 

 and the church which took its place was pulled down in 1843, 

 when the present church was erected. The only relics of the 

 first church are the remains of an old wooden carved screen 

 now at the back of the choir stalls ; and from the intermediate 

 building only the monument of Matthew Chubb, M.P. (1617), 

 is left. When the church was last rebuilt, new vessels were 

 given for use at the Holy Communion, and, by an order of the 

 vestry, 16th April, 1845, the old Communion Plate was trans- 

 ferred to the Chapel of the Dorset County Hospital. There 

 it remained in use until 1916, when it was returned to All 

 Saints' Church. The two old Chalices are very valuable, 

 being of the time of Queen Elizabeth, viz., 1572 and 1573. 

 The cover of one of these chalices (dated 1572), intended to be 

 used as a Paten, had been discovered in the churchyard, some 

 years previously. x 



FRAMPTON. (Hutchins, II. p. 297, D.F.C. Vol. XII p. 

 55). 



