120 NOTES ON DORSET "RESTORED" CHURCHES. 



SHERBORNE DEANERY. 

 (17 returns.) 



BRADFORD ABBAS. St. Mary the Virgin. (Hutchins TV., 

 p. 121 ; D.F.C. Vol. XII., pp. xxiv., xxv.). 



Restored in 1858, when the stone wall above the screen 

 was removed and the chancel arch inserted. In 1890 all the 

 roofs were renewed and the nave covered with lead. The 

 font was moved from opposite the south door to west end. 

 In 1911 north chantry was added (Mr. C. B. Benson was the 

 Architect). 



Objects of interest. 



Priest's porch on south. Hand raised in Benediction on 

 buttress to east of south door. 



CASTLETON, St. Mary Magdalene. (Hutchins IV. p. 204). 

 The vestry was added in 1857 and the church reseated in 

 1863. There is a brass chandelier dated 1714. 



CHETNOLE, St. Peter. ( Hutchins IV. p. 449). 

 Nave and chancel restored in I860, and the north aisle in 

 1866 (Mr. E. W. Slater, Architect). 

 There are two mediaeval bells. 



OVER COMPTON, St. Michael. (Hutchins IV., p. 167). 



In 1876 the chancel was raised about three feet. In 1895 

 the east window which had been walled up was opened out, 

 and the glass in this (as also that in the large window in the 

 " family transept " and in the north and south windows in 

 the chancel) was painted by Kempe. The church was 

 reseated. There is one mediaeval bell. 



THORNFORD, 8t. Mary Magdalene. (Hutchins IV., p. 300 

 D.F.C. Vol. XII., p. xxvi.). 



