An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England survey of Dorset, covering the west of the county. Particular attention is paid to Cerne Abbas, Lyme Regis and Sherborne.

RCHME Inventory Volumes. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Toller Porcorum 252-253
Trent 253-260
Whitchurch Canonicorum 260-265
Wootton Fitzpaine 265-267
Wootton, North 267-268
Wraxall 268-269
Wynford Eagle 269-270
Yetminster 270-274
Glossary 277-284
Index 285-333
Plate 1: Melbury Bubb Church, N. W. window in the Nave 1
Plate 2: Church Exteriors 2
Plate 3: Church Exteriors 3
Plate 4: Capitals 4
Plate 5: Carved Capitals 5
Plate 6: Pre-Conquest Carved Stones 6
Plate 7: Twelfth-Century Carved Stones 7
Plate 8: Twelfth-Century Carved Stone Details 8
Plate 9: Later Carved Stone Details 9
Plate 10: Fifteenth-Century Architectural Details 10
Plate 11: Candelabra 11
Plate 12: Crosses and Shafts 12
Plate 13: Fonts 13
Plate 14: Fonts 14
Plate 15: Fonts 15
Plate 16: Glass 16
Plate 17: Glass 17
Plate 18: Helmets In Churches 18
Plate 19: Wall-Monuments 19
Plate 20: Wall-Monuments 20
Plate 21: Wall-Monuments 21
Plate 22: Effigies 22
Plate 23: Effigies 23
Plate 24: Effigies 24
Plate 25: Heraldic Paintings 25
Plate 26: Paintings 26
Plate 27: Pulpits 27
Plate 28: Plate 28
Plate 29: Plate 29
Plate 30: Plate 30
Plate 31: Plate 31
Plate 32: Bench-Ends 32
Plate 33: Bench-Ends 33
Plate 34: Stone Screens 34
Plate 35: Woodwork 35
Plate 36: Monastic and School Buildings 36
Plate 37: Bridges 37
Plate 38: Secular Buildings 38
Plate 39: Secular Buildings 39
Plate 40: Secular Buildings 40
Plate 41: Secular Buildings 41
Plate 42: Secular Buildings 42
Plate 43: Secular Buildings 43
Plate 44: Secular Buildings 44
Plate 45: Secular Buildings 45
Plate 46: Fireplaces and Frieze 46
Plate 47: Overmantels 47
Plate 48: Fireplace-Surrounds 48
Plate 49: Shop-Fronts 49
Plate 50: Roofs 50
Plate 51: Hall-Screens 51
Plate 52: Staircases 52
Plate 53: Staircases. Mid 17th-century. Early 18th-century 53
Plate 54: Weathervanes 54
Plate 55: Barns and Outbuildings 55
Plate 56: Achievements-of-Arms 56
Plate 57: Abbotsbury Church, Looking E 57
Plate 58: Symondsbury Church. Abbotsbury Church 58
Plate 59: Abbotsbury Church. Trent, Church Farm 59
Plate 60: Abbotsbury, St. Catherine's Chapel, from the N. E. 60
Plate 61: Abbotsbury. St. Catherine's Chapel. Vault 61
Plate 62: Abbotsbury. Broadwindsor 62
Plate 63: Abbotsbury. Castleton 63
Plate 64: Abbotsbury, Abbotsbury Abbey, Great Barn 64
Plate 65: Beaminster Church, W. Tower 65
Plate 66: Abbotsbury Church. Sherborne 66
Plate 67: Beaminster Church. Netherbury Church 67
Plate 68: Melbury Sampford Church. Beaminster Church 68
Plate 69: Bradford Abbas Church. Frampton Church 69
Plate 70: Bothenhampton. Litton Cheney 70
Plate 71: Askerswell. Pilsdon 71
Plate 72: Beaminster Church. Tower, Detail of W. Face 72
Plate 73: Beaminster. Parnham. E. Front 73
Plate 74: Beaminster. Parnham. E. Porch 74
Plate 75: Beaminster. Thorncombe 75
Plate 76: Beaminster, Manor House, Ceiling in Drawing Room 76
Plate 77: Beaminster, Manor House, Fireplace in Drawing Room 77
Plate 78: Beaminster. Bridport 78
Plate 79: Bettiscombe, Manor House 79
Plate 80: Bettiscombe, Manor House 80
Plate 81: Bradford Abbas Church, W. Tower 81
Plate 82: Loders Church. Bradford Abbas Church 82
Plate 83: Bradford Abbas Church. Whitchurch Canonicorum Church 83
Plate 84: Burton Bradstock Church. Netherbury Church 84
Plate 85: Rampisham. Bradford Abbas Church 85
Plate 86: Long Burton Church, Monuments of Sir John Fitzjames and Thomas Winston 86
Plate 87: West Chelborough. Sherborne Abbey Church 87
Plate 88: Bridport, Unitarian Chapel, Interior 88
Plate 89: Bridport. Town Hall, from the N.W. 89
Plate 90: Castleton, Sherborne Old Castle, S.W. Gatehouse, Outer Face 90