NOTES ON DORSET " RESTORED " CHURCHES. 113 



An interesting discovery was that of a sculpture of the 

 Holy Rood, which was probably the head of the churchyard 

 cross. It was found imbedded, face inwards, in the E. wall 

 of the porch, where it has been replaced, face outwards. 



Hutchins speaks of the recumbent figure of a bishop, 

 perhaps of Coutances, which has disappeared. 



WIMBORNE DEANERY. 

 (24 churches. 20 returns). 



WIMBORNE MINSTER. (Hutchins, III., pp. 178-284 ; D.F.C., 

 Vol. X., pp. 142-145 ;' Vol. XXVII., pp. xlvii.-l. ; &c., &c., &c.) 



A very considerable and necessary restoration was carried 

 out during the years 1855-57, under the superintendence of 

 Mr. Thomas Wyatt. But unfortunately, as was the case 

 with the rest of the Wyatts, his great idea was present utility, 

 and anything that interfered with it was sacrificed. The 

 canopies behind the choir stalls were ruthlessly cut away 

 in order that the choir aisles might be opened out ; monuments 

 were removed from their original positions and placed any- 

 where. The Purbeck slab, which at one time had rested over 

 the remains of 'King Ethelred,was cut away, in spite of protest, 

 and only the portion sufficient to cover the brass was allowed 

 to remain. The monumental slab figured on page 205 of 

 Hutchins, and two of those illustrated on page 218, are 

 missing. They were probably broken up during the restora- 

 tion. 



The Perpendicular clerestory windows were renewed, 

 there being now five on each side instead of six. 



Most fortunately, a folio book of views of the Minster, with 

 accompanying letterpress, by N. Whittock,* was published 



* Views of the Exterior and Interior of the Collegiate Church of 

 St. Ciithberga, Wimborne Minster, by N. Whittuck. Wimborne, 

 H. Herbert, 1839. 



