St. Laurence, Holwell, Dorset

Description

The parish church of St. Laurence, restored in 1885, at a cost of about £1,400, is a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower. with pinnacles, containing 5 bells : there are memorial windows to members of the Warry family and to Mr. Robert English, many years churchwarden: there are 220 sittings.

Church Records

The parish register of baptisms, marriages and burials begins in 1653. The original register books are now deposited with the Dorset Archives Service, but have been digitised by Ancestry.co.uk and made available on their site (subscription required).