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WHITELACKINGTON . SOM . ST MARY THE VIRGIN – Scratch Dial

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ST MARY . WHITELACKINGTON . SOMERSET

GRADE II* ✣ C14 / C15. Pleasantly situated by the Manor. Note that the church is up a driveway the opposite side of the busy road from the signposted village itself. 50.9335 / -2.8843 / ST379152

DIAL

The Whitelackington dial eluded me a year ago when I was looking at several churches either side of the road between Yeovil and Taunton. Cricket at SCC was due to start and took precedence. Having in mind that DEH was enthusiastic enough to include a photo of the dial (taken 5 Sep 1912) in his pioneering treatise, I knew I should try again, and harder.

As it turned out, the dial was invisible until parting the branches of a yew hedge on the Manor side. The S side of St Mary blends into the Manor gardens and It feels sightly transgressive to be poking about in the greenery.

DEH’s RECORD

115 YEARS LATER

Photo 3 shows the features noted by DEH, including the possible noon hole in the lower joint

THE BUTTRESS

GSS Category: Scratch Dial; Mass Dial; Hidden Dial

All photos: Keith Salvesen except B&W, Dom Ethelbert Horne