Dorchester nr. Weymouth No. 1 / Dore Cestre / Dorecestre

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Scene Description: the modern font, probably of the 19thC restoration

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2019 by Colin Smith

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Scene Description: the modern font, probably of the 19thC restoration

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Scene Description: the modern font, probably of the 19thC restoration

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Scene Description: the modern font, probably of the 19thC restoration

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2019 by Colin Smith

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11398DOR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: 26 High E St, Dorchester DT1 1EZ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1305 250719

Country Name: England

Location: Dorset, South West

Directions to Site: Located off the B3150 [aka Bridport Rd / London Rd], N and W of the A35, 13 km N of Weymouth

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Historical Region: Hundred of Dorchester

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for nis photographs of this church and modern font

Church Notes: oldest part of present church 12thC probably on an earlier site; chiefly 15thC; restored and re-built 19thC; restored again 20thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are three entries for this Dorchester [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SY6890/dorchester/] [accessed 2 November 2014], reporting two churches and church lands here. The entry for this church in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset (vol. 2, Souuth east, 1970) notes: "The reset S. doorway indicates the former existence of a late 12th-century church on the site. The present building, including the Chancel, Nave, Aisles, South Porch and West Tower, is of the 15th century [...] The main restoration of the church was in 1856–7 [...] Further restorations took place in 1905, 1934, and 1961–5"; the entry does not mention a font in it. The baptismal font from the original Perpendicular church of St. Peter's seems to have disappeared. Even by the time of Glynne's visit on 11 October 1825 the font was absent from any description of the church and its contents. Barnes (1891) notes: "The font is modern" [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the Norman curch either]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.71556, -2.436777

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42′ 56.02″ N, 2° 26′ 12.4″ W

UTM: 30U 539762 5618346

REFERENCES

Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; r["References"]