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                    Dorset (pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales))

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                    St Mary, South Perrott, Dorset

                    South Perrott

                    St Mary, South Perrott, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    The present building consists of a chancel and S chapel, rebuilt 1907-13; a 13th-c N transept and nave, with a late 13th-c W porch; a S transept rebuilt in the 15thc and 16thc; and a central tower, heightened in the 15thc. Parts of the arches of the tower crossing may be 12thc in origin.
                    St Nicolas, Broadwey, Dorset

                    Broadwey

                    St Nicolas, Broadwey, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    The present building consists of a chancel rebuilt in neo-Norman style in 1874; a S aisle to chancel built 1902; a nave, rebuilt c.1834; a S aisle to nave and S porch of 1902, and a N aisle of 1815. The re-used nave S door and the font are all that survive of the 12thc church.
                    St John the Baptist, Broadwindsor, Dorset

                    Broadwindsor

                    St John the Baptist, Broadwindsor, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    Broadwindsor is 2mi W of Beaminster in Dorset, some 15mi NW of Dorchester. The church of St John the Baptist today consists of a chancel and N vestry of 1867-8, a nave, an early C13th N aisle and a late C12th S aisle, all rebuilt in 1867-8 when the S porch was added, and a C15th W tower.
                    St Mary Magdalene, Loders, Dorset

                    Loders

                    St Mary Magdalene, Loders, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    Only remnants of the N wall to the chancel of the 12thc church survive, together with a possible N doorway to the nave, and the font. The present building consists of a chancel, extended in the 13thc and rebuilt in the 15thc and 19thc; a 13thc nave; a late-14thc S porch and W tower; and an early 15thc S chapel with a 2-bay arcade into the nave.
                    St Gabriel, Morecombelake, Dorset

                    Morecombelake

                    St Gabriel, Morecombelake, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    The present chapel was built in 1841 to replace a medieval chapel, the ruins of which lie just under a mile to the NNE. The church guide states that the font was brought from that old chapel.
                    St Francis, Frome Vauchurch, Dorset

                    Frome Vauchurch

                    St Francis, Frome Vauchurch, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    The fabric of the church is 12thc in origin, much rebuilt in the 17thc, when the porch may have been added, and restored in 1879. The present building consists of a chancel, nave and S porch.
                    St John the Evangelist, Tincleton, Dorset

                    Tincleton

                    St John the Evangelist, Tincleton, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    The 12thc church no longer survives. The present church was built c.1849, a little to the north of the site of the medieval one. It comprises a chancel with S chapel, a nave and N porch. 
                    St Mary & St James, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset

                    Hazelbury Bryan

                    St Mary & St James, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    Nothing survives of a Romanesque building. The present church is of the 15thc and consists of a chancel, nave with N and S aisles, a S porch and a W tower. The font is the only Romanesque feature.
                    St Mary, Melbury Bubb, Dorset

                    Melbury Bubb

                    St Mary, Melbury Bubb, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    There are no visible remains of the 12thc church. The present building consists of a late 15thc chancel and nave, both extensively rebuilt in 1854, and a S tower-entrance, also probably of c.1470-80. The church contains a font made from a drum carved in the pre-Conquest period. The drum was turned upside down and repurposed probably in the 12thc.
                    St Andrew, Yetminster, Dorset

                    Yetminster

                    St Andrew, Yetminster, Dorset

                    Parish church
                    Yetminster is a village about four miles SW of of Sherborne on the River Wriggle. The church lies to the S of the village, but the late 12thc structure no longer survives except for what appear to be the footings to the earlier chancel extending about two-thirds of the way along and beneath the present chancel, dated to c.1300. The remainder of the existing church comprises a nave, a N and a S aisle, a S porch and a W tower, all built between c.1460-70. The only surviving Romanesque sculpture is found on a base of a font located in the W wall of the S aisle. 
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