St Osmond . Melbury Osmond. Dorset . Mason’s marks / initials and dates that relate to the rebuilding of the church (except the C15 tower) in mid- C18. There are other marks, including a presumed Marian V V mark (bottom left), a ‘ritual protection mark’.
ST MARY . PUDDLETOWN . DORSET
Dated initials and names 1802, 1807, 1819
TEWKESBURY ABBEY
A gallery of Masons’ marks and graffiti scratched or cut into the columns
Tewkesbury Abbey . Masons’ Marks and graffiti . All photos: Keith Salvesen