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The Wriggle Valley
(Presentation suspended with effect from 1/4/08.) |
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Priest-in-charge:
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Readers: Mr Buck Bailie 2 Carpenter's Cottages, Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6HJ. (01935 872650)
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Mrs Chloe Sadler Windhurst, Three Gates, Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6JQ. (01963 210393)
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Mr John Strover Devon
House, High Street, Yetminster, Sherborne, DT9 6LF
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The Parish Churches The
descriptions below are taken either from The Dorset Historic Churches website
or, in some cases from The Wriggle Valley Benefice website.
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St. Mary Magdalene, Batcombe "When a church was first built on this site is unknown, but it is believed that there has been one here from at least the 11th century." Click here for Batcombe in The Wriggle Valley website |
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St. Peter, Chetnole "Chetnole church, like many village churches ... has evolved over the centuries, ... the result here is exceptionally pleasing." Click here for Dorset Historic Churches page. |
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St. Mary the Virgin, Hermitage "This church is in a most attractive and peaceful setting adjacent to an 18c farmhouse." Click here for Dorset Historic Churches page. |
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St. Nicholas, Hilfield "It is a chapel style church set on a hill side all alone..." Click here for Dorset Historic Churches page.
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St. Andrew, Leigh "Formerly a chapel in the neighbouring parish of Yetminster." Click here for Leigh in The Wriggle Valley website
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St. Hippolytus, Ryme Intrinsica "This little church, another of Dorset's gems, tucked away in a village. It shares the dedication with only one other church in England, near Hitchin in Hertfordshire." Click here for Dorset Historic Churches page. |
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St. Andrew, Yetminster "St. Andrews presides genially over the handsome stone houses of Yetminster, a high proportion of which date from the seventeenth century, when the village achieved an unusual prosperity." Click here for Dorset Historic Churches page. |
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