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RYME INTRINSECA, 81. Hypolete. (Hutchins IV., p. 491). 



The church was partly restored in 1885 by the Duke of 

 Cornwall (Prince of Wales) under Hunt, Architect. The 

 dedication is worth noting. 



The building is Early English, altered in the 15th or early 

 16th Century. 



OBORNE, St. Cuthbert. (Hutchins IV., p. 200). 



A modern church consecrated in 1862. At some distance 

 from it, by the side of the Sherborne Shaftesbury road, 

 stands the chancel of the old church, still used when a burial 

 takes place in the old churchyard. This church was built 

 in 1533 by John Dunster, last Prior of Sherborne Abbey. 

 Over the east and north window on the outside are two 

 inscriptions. John Dunster was Sacrist of the Abbey at the 

 time he rebuilt this chancel. He was Prior at the dissolution. 



HERMITAGE, St. Mary. (Hutchins IV., p. 466). 



Rebuilt in 1800. The tower was rebuilt some 200 years 

 earlier, so it is stated. The Priory of Hermitage was 

 a house of Friar Hermits of St. Augustine, dedicated 

 first to St. Lawrence and later to the B.V.M., patronized by 

 the Earls of Cornwall from Edward 1st ; but from 1460 it 

 became a free chapel. The date of the first Prior was 1327. 



NETHER COMPTON, St. Nicholas. (Hutchins IV., p. 159). 



Restored in 1885-6, when the north and south walls were 

 rebuilt, the old windows being replaced,and the organ chamber 

 and vestry added, the church reseated, much of the old wood 

 being used again, the organ gallery in tower being removed. 

 Mr. Smith was the Architect. 



