CHURCHES IN THE RURAL DEANERY OF DORCHESTER. 57 



SOUTH SIDE : Window to the west of the porch ; the oldest 

 window now existing in the church, 14th century, and a good 

 specimen of the style. 



NORTH SIDE : Chancel window, originally 14th century. This 

 window has been much mutilated in repair. The rebuilding of the 

 wall on this side would account for the incongruities noticeable in 

 it. 



KOOF : Waggon ; Perpendicular English in character ; possibly 

 the ribs have been renewed, the bosses certainly have. 



FUKNITUKE. PULPIT, CHANCEL SCREEN, and PEWS of the date 

 cir. 1640, are interesting and in fairly good preservation; on the 

 south side the original pew hinges remain. 



FONT : Ancient, possibly 14th century. Looks as if an inter- 

 mediate member, octagonal in form, had been removed from 

 between the basin and base. 



A brass pulpit light of excellent design, dated 1713. There are 

 two monuments described in Hutchins. 



HISTORY OF THE CHURCH KECORDED IN ITS STONES : The 

 earliest church of which there are any remains was of the 14th 

 century ; of this church there still remain wall, porch, moulding 

 in the inside of the north chancel window, at which time there 

 probably existed an early tower. 1st restoration : Perpendicular 

 period, when the tower was built and the cinquefoil Perpen- 

 dicular windows were inserted. 2nd restoration : 1640. Some 

 of the walls were rebuilt, and most of the windows were 

 tinkered and debased in Tudor style and the carved oak work 

 added. 



It will be noticed that the tower is out of centre with the 

 church ; this may be accounted for in two ways : either the early 

 church was a Norman structure with a narrow south aisle, of which 

 the arcade was taken down to increase the accommodation when 

 this roof was put up, or the church has been enlarged by putting 

 back the north Avail, as w r e know was done at Woodsford. If there 

 was a Norman aisle the width of it would have been 5ft. or 6ft. 

 internally. 



