THE CHURCH P.ELLS OF DORSET. Ill 



20. WINTERBORNE MONKTON (Dedication unknown). 



One bell. Diam., 26^in. ; height, ziin. 



"i* Ji vc mil na (Fig. i6.) 



21. WOODSFORD (S. John Baptist). 



One bell. Diam., lyfin.; height, i5in. 

 Bell. <^ T <^ P Anno Domini ^1693. 



22. WYNFORD EAGLE (S. Lawrence). 



One bell. Diam., igin. ; height, c. i6in. 

 No inscription. 



In this district only three towers contain mediaeval bells — 

 those of the old parish church of Fordington and two out of 

 three of the group of Winterbornes, Came and IMonkton. At 

 Fordington the third and fifth bells bear the same stamps, a 

 shield, which was the trade mark of John Walgrave, a London 

 founder, c. 1400, and a cross fleury in an octagon. His was a 

 not unusual instance of a faithful servant succeeding to his 

 master's business. In the reign of Richard II. one William 

 Dawe was carrying on important work in Aldgate, the founder's 



