An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 5, East

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England survey of Dorset, covering the east of the county, with particular attention paid to Cranborne and Wimborne Minster.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Frontispiece: Wimborne Minster Church, Wall-paintings
Parishes Described in the Inventory: iv
List of Illustrations v-xi
List of Commissioners xii
Preface xiii-xiv
The Royal Warrants xv-xvii
Report xviii-xxi
Sectional Preface xxii-xlviii
Alderholt 1-2
Chalbury 2-4
Colehill 4
Cranborne 4-16
Edmondsham 16-18
Gussage All Saints 18-22
Gussage St. Michael 22-26
Hampreston 26-30
Hinton Martell 30-31
Hinton Parva 31-32
Holt 32-34
Horton 34-38
Long Crichel 38-40
Moor Crichel 40-44
Pamphill 44-53
Pentridge 53-57
Shapwick 57-64
Sixpenny Handley 64-72
Verwood 72-74
West Moors 74
West Parley 74-77
Wimborne Minster 77-92
Wimborne St. Giles 92-104
Witchampton 104-110
Woodlands 111-116
Celtic Field Groups 117-119
Monumental Heraldry in Dorset 121-129
Glossary 131-136
Abbreviations Used in the Volume 137
Index 139-155
Plate 1: Church Exteriors 1
Plate 2: Church Exteriors 2
Plate 3: Church Exteriors 3
Plate 4: Church Towers 4
Plate 5: Church Towers 5
Plate 6: Church Interiors 6
Plate 7: Church Interiors 7
Plate 8: Sculptured Decoration 8
Plate 9: Hinton Parva. Sixpenny Handley. Witchampton. Wimborne Minster 9
Plate 10: Effigies 10
Plate 11: Effigy, Tomb-Chest and Floorslab 11
Plate 12: Canopied Table-Tombs etc. 12
Plate 13: Canopied Table-Tombs 13
Plate 14: Seventeenth-Century Wall Monuments 14
Plate 15: Seventeenth-Century Wall Monuments 15
Plate 16: Seventeenth-Century Wall Monuments 16
Plate 17: Eighteenth-Century Wall Monuments 17
Plate 18: Fonts 18
Plate 19: Pulpits etc. 19
Plate 20: Brasses 20
Plate 21: Metalwork 21
Plate 22: Church Plate 22
Plate 23: Church Plate 23
Plate 24: Wall Paintings 24
Plate 25: Wall Paintings 25
Plate 26: Bridges 26
Plate 27: Mills 27
Plate 28: Manor Houses 28
Plate 29: Manor Houses 29
Plate 30: Farm Houses 30
Plate 31: Cottages 31
Plate 32: Ornamental Buildings 32
Plate 33: Ornamental Buildings 33
Plate 34: Woodwork 34
Plate 35: Woodwork 35
Plate 36: Chimneypieces 36
Plate 37: Chimneypieces 37
Plate 38: Plasterwork 38
Plate 39: Plasterwork 39
Plate 40: Miscellanea 40
Plate 41: Cranborne, The Manor House, Early plans 41
Plate 42: Cranborne, The Manor House, Early features 42
Plate 43: Cranborne, The Manor House 43
Plate 44: Cranborne, The Manor House, Captain Ryder's W. Wing 44
Plate 45: Cranborne, The Manor House, Buttresses and South Porch 45
Plate 46: Cranborne, Cranborne Lodge 46
Plate 47: Cranborne, Boveridge House and The Manor House 47
Plate 48: Gussage All Saints. Gussage St. Michael 48
Plate 49: Horton, Horton Tower 49
Plate 50: Hampreston. Horton 50
Plate 51: Moor Crichel, Crichel House, E. front 51
Plate 52: Moor Crichel, Crichel House and Church 52
Plate 53: Moor Crichel, Crichel House, Drawing Room and Library 53
Plate 54: Gussage All Saints. Gussage St. Michael 54
Plate 55: Gussage All Saints. Pamphill 55
Plate 56: Pentridge, Bokerley Dyke and Grim's Ditch 56
Plate 57: Pamphill, Kingston Lacy, The Spanish Room 57
Plate 58: Pamphill, Kingston Lacy, Exteriors 58
Plate 59: Pamphill, Kingston Lacy, S. Front and Saloon 59
Plate 60: Pamphill, Gillingham's Almshouses and The Manor House 60
Plate 61: Wimborne St. Giles, Almshouses and Mill House 61
Plate 62: Shapwick. Sixpenny Handley 62