Listed Building record MDO23165 - Parish church, Canford Magna

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Summary

Late Saxon church with thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century additions. Nave of late Saxon minster church, now chancel of aisled nave and tower added by Augustinian Canons of Bradenstoke Priory in about 1200. South chancel chapel and south chancel aisle remodelled in the fourteenth century. Nave aisles and other alterations made in the fifteenth century. Nave extended westward 1829 by Edward Blore, remodelled 1876-8.

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Parish Church of Canford Magna, dedication unknown. Late Anglo-Saxon minster church, possibly dating from about 1050, of which the core of the former nave survives as the present chancel. The nave, aisles and tower were added about 1200, with further additions in the 14th and 19th centuries. Taylor (5) states that none of the features of the former nave present clearly non-Norman workmanship. <1-4>

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2. 192-5.
  • <2> Article in serial: Ralegh Radford, C A. 1973. Pre-conquest Minster Churches. The Archaeological Journal 130. Vol 130. 136.
  • <3> Monograph: Taylor, H M. 1978. Anglo-Saxon Architecture III. 1071-2.
  • <4> Monograph: Aston, Michael, and Lewis, Carenza (eds). 1994. The medieval landscape of Wessex. 46. 53.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458051.

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Grid reference Centred SZ 03194 98811 (32m by 22m)
Map sheet SZ09NW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 5 000 006
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NW 48
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 458051
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Poole 6

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Feb 17 2024 7:31AM

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