St. Peter, Bournemouth, Hampshire
Description
The church of St. Peter, originally a small village church, has been enlarged at various times, and is now an edifice in a Modern Gothic style, consisting of chancel, with aisles, transepts, chapel, added in 1906 by the late W. Gibson esq, south porch, and a western tower with pinnacles and spire, together rising to a height of 195 feet, and containing 8 bells: the elaborately-sculptured reredos is by Mr. Earp: there are memorial windows to the Rev. George Stopford Ram M.A. vicar 1881-9; to the wife of Benjamin Lancaster esq. and to the Rebbeck family: all the other stained windows are also memorials: the church was enlarged in 1874-9, at a cost of £5,676, and affords 1,250 sittings, of which 400 are free. The churchyard, which is well laid out, contains a memorial to the Rev. Alexander Morden Bennett, the first vicar, d. 1880.
Church Records
The register of St. Peter's dates from the year 1845.