DEDICATION † ST MARY – C12 nave and chancel; later additions include bellcote & S. porch
LISTING † Grade 1
LOCATION † North-west of Maiden Newton 50.8054 / -2.6035 / ST575008
A very small secluded Dorset hamlet (comprising Lower & Higher) with a handful of houses, a handsome ford, and 2 rushing feeder streams for the upper River Frome.
DIALS † ‘On S. wall of nave, remains of two scratch-dials, reused’ (BHO)
GSS Category – Scratch Dial
Photos – Keith Salvesen
DEDICATION † St Andrew – early c15 (Saxon foundation)
LISTING † Grade 2*
LOCATION † Between Sherborne and Dorchester 50.837330 / -2.484810 / ST 6591.0426
A flint and Ham stone church in a small hamlet near the head of the Cerne Valley. Dominated by Minterne House (rebuilt 1900) and its extensive gardens with specialist trees & plants. Good walking country with a Hardy feeling. Minterne Parva is 1/2 mile S.
DIAL † S. Nave, W. of 1st window. Eroded, 3 clear radials. Square style hole.
NOTES † Dial not mentioned in RCHM / BHO / BLB / HE – only refs found in BE & a Dorset Life article; no query dials; 6 (possibly 7) Consecration Crosses
GSS Category – Scratch Dial
GAUDIUM SUB SOLE . SUNDIALS . MEDIEVAL TO MODERN 