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St Francis, Frome Vauchurch, Dorset

Location
St Francis' Church, Maiden Newton, Dorchester (50°46′23″N, 2°34′9″W)
Frome Vauchurch
SY 599 972
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Dorset
now Dorset
medieval Salisbury
now Salisbury
medieval unknown
now St Francis
  • Howard Austin Jones
16 July 2013

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Description

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.

History

Frome Vauchurch is valued in the Domesday Book as £4 to its lord, Ansfrid, in 1086. The rectory is valued as £ 4. 6s. 8d. in the 1291 Taxatio.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Interior Features

Arches

Chancel arch/Apse arches

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The church's original dedication is unknown: it is now dedicated to St Francis.

Bibliography

J Newman and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Dorset, Harmondsworth 1974, 214.

Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 1: West, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, London 1952, 118-119.