48 CHURCHES IN THE RURAL DEANERY OF DORCHESTER. 



this church the arcades, chancel arch, and perhaps the font remain. 

 The 12th century work in this church is in so perfect a state of 

 preservation that, standing at the west end looking towards the 

 chancel and disregarding the clerestory above and the pews below, 

 the nave of the church presents very much the appearance it must 

 have presented six or seven centuries ago. The principal additions 

 to the church were made by the Trenchards, late in the 15th 

 century. At that time the church may have possessed a small 

 early tower. In the place of this the Trenchards built the present 

 tower, working in their monogram, which is a good design, into 

 every part of it. It will be found inside and out, incised, cut in 

 relief, and let in in lead. The Trenchards continued the aisles 

 along the sides of the new tower to its west face. The present 

 porch was somewhat clumsily added at the same time ; in building 

 it the materials which remained from the greater work appear to 

 have been used. The clerestory had been built and the windows 

 of the church inserted at an earlier date. The chancel, which is 

 not ancient, is smaller than the previous one, the foundations of 

 which have been met with in digging graves. 



8. WOODSFORD. 



This church was in the main built in 1863 by T. H. Wyatt ? 

 who was at that time the diocesan architect. 



The only portions of the ancient church now remaining are the 

 Early English (13th century) window to the west of the porch, the 

 base of the tower to within a yard or so of the string course, the 

 piscina in the transept, and a small locker for containing the sacred 

 vessels, &c., which is also in this transept, but concealed by a seat ; 

 when discovered the remains of the hinges were still attached to it. 

 The church was rebuilt on the old foundations, except the chancel 

 and the aisle, which is a late addition. The old chancel was 

 unusually small, covering an area not larger than 8ft. by 7ft. 

 internally. In excavating for the new chancel no foundations 

 were discovered outside the old walls ; there is reason, therefore, 

 for believing that the foundations of these walls were the founda- 



