Bells Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory

Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne
Minster and
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Title: Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory A
Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
Author: Thomas Perkins

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WIMBORNE MINSTER AND CHRISTCHURCH PRIORY
A Short History of Their Foundation and Description of Their
Buildings
by
THE REV. THOMAS PERKINS M.A., F.R.A.S. Rector of Turnworth,
Dorset
With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author

[Illustration]

London George Bell & Sons 1902 First Edition 1899 Second Edition,
Revised, 1902

AUTHOR'S PREFACE
When writing the chapters of the present volume which treat of
Wimborne Minster, the author consulted the last edition of Hutchins'
"History of Dorset," which contains a considerable amount of
somewhat ill-arranged information on the subject, verifying all the
descriptions by actual examination of the building; similarly, when
preparing the part of this volume dealing with Christchurch Priory, he
made some use of "The Memorials of Christchurch Twynham," written
originally by the Rev. Mackenzie Walcott, F.S.A., and revised after his
death in 1880 by Mr B. Edmund Ferrey, F.S.A. He also consulted
papers on the subject that have appeared from time to time in various
periodicals and MSS. that were kindly placed at his disposal by the
Secretary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
He desires to express his thanks to the Vicars of the two churches for
permission to thoroughly examine every part of the buildings, and to
photograph them without let or hindrance; he also wishes to bear
testimony to the readiness shown by the clerks and vergers in imparting
local information and in facilitating his photographic work.
T. P.
October 1899.

CONTENTS
WIMBORNE MINSTER
PAGE
CHAPTER I.

--History of the Building 3 Date of Foundation 5 The Norman Church 8,
9 Alterations in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 10, 11
Alterations in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 11, 12 Modern
Restorations 14
CHAPTER II.
--The Exterior 16 The Central Tower 16 The North Porch 22 The East
Window 24 The Sundial 25 The South Porch 25 The Western Tower 26
CHAPTER III.
--The Interior 29 The North Porch 29 The Aisles 29, 38 The Clerestory
33 The Central Tower 34 The Transepts 38 The East End, Choir and
Presbytery 42 Sedilia and Piscina 44 The Beaufort and Courtenay
Tombs and Brass of Aethelred 42, 47 The South Choir Aisle and
Etricke Tomb 48 The North Choir Aisle and Uvedale Monument 50, 51
The Crypt, Vestry, and Library 52 Deans of Wimborne 59
CHAPTER IV.
--St Margaret's Hospital 60 Dimensions of Wimborne Minster 64
CHRISTCHURCH PRIORY
CHAPTER I.
--History of the Building 67 Foundation 68 The Norman Church 70
Alterations in the Thirteenth-Fifteenth Centuries 71 Modern Alterations
72
CHAPTER II.
--The Exterior 76 The Western Tower 76 The North Porch 80 The
North Aisle 80 The North Transept 82 The Choir, Presbytery, and Lady
Chapel 84 The South Transept 88 The Nave 88 The Porter's Lodge, and
Sites of the Domestic Buildings 89

CHAPTER III.
--The Interior 92 The Nave 92-98 The Aisles 98 The Transepts 100 The
Rood Screen 105 The Choir 106 The Choir Stalls 108-110 The Reredos
112 The Salisbury Chantry 116 The Draper Chantry 118 The Lady
Chapel, and the "Miraculous Beam" 120 St Michael's Loft 126 The
Shelley Monument 126
CHAPTER IV.
--Deans, Priors, and Vicars of Christchurch 128 Stratford's Injunctions
129 Archbishop Arundel's Injunctions 130 The Norman Castle 131 The
Norman House 132 Dimensions of Christchurch Priory 134

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
WIMBORNE MINSTER
PAGE
Arms of Wimborne and Christchurch Title page Wimborne Minster
from the North-East 2 Wimborne Minster in 1840 3 Wimborne Minster
in 1707. (From a copperplate in the Library) 13 The Minster from the
South-East before 1891 19 The North Transept before 1891 21 The
East Window 23 The Western Tower 27 The Interior, looking East 30
Pier and Arch-Spring, South Arcade 31 Decorated Arch in the Nave 32
Clerestory Stage of the