E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, David Garcia, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 19511-h.htm or 19511-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/5/1/19511/19511-h/19511-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/5/1/19511/19511-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Lower case o-with-tilde accent is indicated by [~o]. Superscripted abbreviations are indicated by a preceeding caret. Bold characters are enclosed between # marks. 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