All Saints, Kington Magna, Dorset

Description

The parish church of All Saints is a cruciform building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 5 bells; the 4 old bells were rehung in 1890 and a new one added in 1914; the tenor is of pre-Reformation date, and bears the inscription: "Sancte Georgi, ora pro nobis": the chancel arch is Norman: the stained east window was presented by the Rev. W. L. Smith, a former rector; the west window is in memory of members of the Dugdale family, and there are four others: the church was restored in 1862 by the Rev. William Dugdale, and will seat 320 people. There is a list of rectors dating from 1295.

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1660. 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).