MEDIEVAL SCRATCH DIALS CUMULATIVE INDEX

Scratch Dial: St Mary Rimpton Dorset (Keith Salvesen)
St Mary Rimpton Dorset

MEDIEVAL DIALS

SCRATCH DIALS & MASS DIALS

The idea of this project is to locate, photograph, research and record medieval dials on churches. I generally refer to them throughout as scratch dials, the term most widely used as general description though it also has a more with a specific meaning. Usage here will mainly (and probably incorrectly) include medieval mass dials and tide dials to avoid repetition.

The dials differ in purpose, in form, in construction, and from crude to elegant. Most dials featured in this section will be ones scratched / cut / incised directly into the stone walls of a church at some time between C13 and C16. Early dials were intended to mark the general passage of the day rather than a specific o’clock, at a time when the concept of time as we know it was fluid and might differ even between adjacent villages. As the understanding of the concept of ‘time’ advanced – especially after the invention of clocks in C14 – so did the construction and accuracy of the dials. Eventually they were outcompeted by clocks and became obsolete. There is other material here that expands on this progression.

CUMULATIVE LIST OF CHURCHES RECORDED

Churches with previously unrecorded dial(s) are marked; with additional (unrecorded) dials; with dials inside porch ; dials inside church ✣ . Unusual Location N.E.W. This marking system is a work in progress…

ACLE Norfolk – St Edmund

AFFPUDDLE Dorset – St Laurence

ALCISTON E Sussex – No Dedication

ALFRISTON E Sussex – St Andrew

ALSTONE Glos – St Margaret of Antioch

ALL CANNINGS Wilts – All Saints

ALREWAS Staffs – All Saints

ALTON BARNES Wilts – St Mary

ALTON PRIORS Wilts – All Saints

ALVEDISTON Wilts – St Mary

ASHILL Som – Blessed Virgin Mary

ASHINGTON Som – St Vincent

AXMOUTH Devon – St Michael

BATCOMBE Dorset – St Mary Magdalene

BINSEY Oxford – St Margaret of Antioch

BISHOP’S CAUNDLE Dorset – St Peter & St Paul

BISHOPS SUTTON Hants – St Nicholas  

BLACKFORD Somerset – St Michael  

BRADFORD ABBAS Dorset – St Mary the Virgin

BRAMPTON BRYAN . Herefordshire – St Barnabas

BRATTON Wilts – St James the Great

BROAD CHALKE Wilts – All. Saints

BROAD HINTON Wilts – St Peter ad Vincula

BROADMAYNE Dorset – St Martin

BRYMPTON Som – St Andrew

BUCKHORN WESTON Dorset – St John the Baptist

BUCKLAND NEWTON – Holy Rood

BURCOMBE Wilts – St John

CHARLTON HORETHORNE Som – St Peter and St Paul

CHARLTON MUSGROVE . Som – St Stephen

CHARMINSTER Dorset – St Mary E

CHESELBOURNE Dorset – St Martin

CHIDEOCK Dorset – St Giles

CHILTHORNE DOMER Som – St Mary   

CHILTON CANTELO Som – St James

CHURCH STRETTON . Shrop – St Laurence

CLUNGUNFORD . Shrop – St Cuthbert

COLTON . STAFFS – St Mary

COMPTON PAUNCEFOOT Som – St Mary

COOMBE BISSETT Wilts – St Michael and All Angels

COWLEY Ox – St James the Apostle  

CREECH ST MICHAEL Som – St Michael

CREWKERNE Somerset – St Bartholomew

DAMERHAM Hants – St George

DINNINGTON Somerset – St Nicholas

DOWNTON Wilts – St Laurence

EAST CHINNOCK . Somerset- St Mary

EARDISLAND . Hereford – St Mary

FENITON Devon – St Andrew

FEOCK Cornwall – St Feock

FIRLE . E Sussex – St Peter E

FOVANT Wilts – St George

GLANVILLES WOOTTON (1) Dorset Jan 21 – St Mary

GLANVILLE’S WOOTTON (2) Dorset Apr 21 – St Mary the Virgin

HAMMOON Dorset – St Paul  

HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE Somerset – St Mary W

HAZELBURY BRYAN Dorset – St Mary & St James

HERMITAGE Dorset – St Mary

HERMITAGE Dorset – St Mary (2)

HINTON ST GEORGE Somerset – St George

HOLTON Somerset – St Nicholas

HOLNEST Dorset – St Mary (rare sill dial)

HOLWELL Dorset – St Laurence

HOUGHTON Hants – All Saints

IFFLEY Oxon – St Mary

KIMPTON . Hants – St Peter

KINGS SOMBORNE Hants – St Peter & St Paul

KINGSTONE Som – St John the Evangelist

KINGTON . Herefs – St Mary

KNIGHTON Powys – St Edward

LEIGH Dorset – St Andrew

LILLINGTON Dorset – St Martin

LIMINGTON Som – Blessed Virgin Mary  

LODERS Dorset – St Mary Magdalene

LONGDON Staffs – St James the Great

LONGBURTON Dorset – St James

LONGBURTON Dorset 2 (‘new’ dial) – St James

LONG MELFORD Suffolk – Holy Trinity

MAIDEN NEWTON Dorset 1 – St Mary

MAIDEN NEWTON Dorset 2 – St Mary

MANACCAN Cornwall – St Manaccus

MANNINGFORD BRUCE Wilts – St Peter

MAPPOWDER Dorset – St Peter & St Paul

MARSTON MAGNA Som – St Mary

MELBURY BUBB Dorset – St Mary

MELCOMBE HORSEY Dorset – St Andrew

MILBORNE ST ANDREW Dorset – St Andrew

MINTERNE MAGNA Dorset – St Andrew

MONTACUTE Som – St Catherine

MUDFORD . Som – St Mary E

MUDFORD Som – St Mary (with Cube Dial)

NETHER COMPTON Dorset – St Nicholas

NEWTOWN LINFORD Leics – All Saints

NORTH CADBURY . Som – St Michael

NORTH CURRY Som – St Peter & St Paul

ODCOMBE Somerset – St Peter and St Paul

PEMBRIDGE Herefs – St Mary

PENDOMER Somerset – St Roch

PEWSEY Wilts – St John the Baptist

PODIMORE Somerset – St Peter

PORTESHAM Dorset – St Peter

POYNTINGTON Dorset – All Saints

PRESTON CANDOVER Hants – St Mary

PUDDLETOWN Dorset – St Mary

PULHAM Dorset – St Thomas à Becket

PURSE CAUNDLE Dorset – St Peter N

QUARLEY . Hants – St Michael

QUEEN CAMEL Som – St Barnabas

RIMPTON 1 Somerset – St Mary W

RIMPTON 2 Somerset – St Mary

ROCKBOURNE Hants – St Andrew

ROTHBURY Northumberland – All Saints

RUGELEY Staffs – Old Chancel (St Augustine)

SANDFORD ORCAS Dorset – St Nicholas

SEAVINGTON ST MARY Somerset – St Mary

SEAVINGTON ST MICHAEL . Somerset

SHARNFORD Leics – St Helen

SHIPTON BELLINGER Hants – St Peter

SIXPENNY HANDLEY Dorset – St Mary

SOUTH CADBURY Somerset – St Thomas à Becket

SOUTH PERROT Dorset – St Mary

STANTON Glos. – St Michael

STANTON ST BERNARD Wilts – All Saints

STEEPLE Dorset – St Michael

STOCKBRIDGE Hants – St Peter Old Church

STOCKBRIDGE Hants – St Peter New Church W

STOKE ST GREGORY Somerset – St Gregory (inside church)

STOKE-sub-HAMDON Som – St Mary the Virgin

STOUR PROVOST Dorset – St Michael

STRATTON Dorset – St Mary

STRATTON-on-the-FOSSE Som – St Vigor

SUTTON BINGHAM Somerset – ALL SAINTS

SUTTON MONTIS Som – Holy Trinity

TARRANT GUNVILLE Dorset – St Mary

TATENHILL Staffs – St Michael & All Angels

TEMPLE GUITING Glos – St Mary

THORNFORD 1 Dorset – St Mary Magdalene (rare sill dials)

THORNFORD 2 Dorset – St Mary Magdalene (inside church)

TINITINHULL Som – St Margaret of Antioch

TODBER Dorset – No Dedication

TOLLER PORCORUM Dorset – St Andrew and St Peter

TOLPUDDLE Dorset – St John

TRENT Dorset – St Andrew

WAYFORD Somerset – St Michael & All angels  

WENTNOR Shropshire – St Michael & All Angels

WEST CAMEL Somerset – All Saints

WEST CLANDON Surrey – St Peter & St Paul ✣✣ (inside church)

WESTON BAMPFYLD Somerset – Holy Cross  

WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM Dorset – St Candida & Holy Cross

WINFRITH NEWBURGH Dorset – St Christopher

WILCOT Wilts – Holy Cross

WINSHAM Somerset – St Stephen

WINTERBORNE KINGSTON Dorset – St Nicholas

WINTERBOURNE MONKTON Dorset – St Simon & St Jude

WINTERBOURNE BASSETT Wilts – St Katherine & St Peter

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON Dorset – St Michael

WOODSFORD Dorset – St John the Baptist

WOOTTON RIVERS Wilts – St Andrew

WORMINGTON Glos. – St Katherine (also, St Catherine)

WRAXALL Dorset – St Mary (Dials 1 & 2)

WRAXALL Dorset – St Mary (Dial 3)

WYCHNOR Staffs – St Leonard

UPAVON Wilts – St Mary the Virgin

URCHFONT Wilts – St Michael Dials 1 – 4

URCHFONT Wilts – St Michael Dials 5 – 8

YETMINSTER Dorset – St Andrew

St Stephen . Winsham . Somerset