St Nicholas' Church, Abbotsbury

St Nicholas' Church is an active Church of England church in Abbotsbury, Dorset, England.[1] The earliest parts of the church date to the 14th century origin, with later alterations and extensions over the following centuries, including the construction of the west tower and north chapel in the 15th century.[2] The church underwent restoration in 1807–08, 1885 and 1930.[3]

St Nicholas' Church
St Nicholas' Church
Religion
AffiliationChurch of England
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusActive
Location
LocationAbbotsbury, Dorset, England
Geographic coordinates50.7138°N 2.4283°W / 50.7138; -2.4283
Architecture
TypeChurch

The church's porch contains the effigy of an abbot of Abbotsbury Abbey. It was discovered on the site of the Abbey's church, St Peter's, in 1778,[4] and has been given an approximate date of 1200.[3] The Jacobean pulpit contains two bullet holes stemming from a fight in 1664, during the English Civil War, when Parliamentarians besieged Royalists at the church.[5][6]

St Nicholas' has been Grade I listed since 1956.[3] In 2015, the World War I memorial in the churchyard, dating to around 1920, became Grade II listed.[7]

References
  1. "St Nicholas Church , Abbotsbury". A Church Near You. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  2. "Abbotsbury | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  3. "PARISH CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, Abbotsbury – 1305224". Historic England. 1956-01-26. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  4. "St Nicholas, Abbotsbury". Chesilchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  5. Treves, Sir Frederick (1905). Highways and Byways in Dorset. Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
  6. Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 165–7. ISBN 0-7091-8135-3.
  7. "Abbotsbury War Memorial, Abbotsbury – 1427988". Historic England. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
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