The Holy Rood, Buckland Newton, Dorset

Description

The parish church of the Holy Rood is a building of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles and spire, containing a clock and 6 bells: there is a brass tablet, erected in 1624 , to Thomas Barnes; a marble tablet to --- Fitz-Roy esq. 1781, and his widow, Elizabeth (the builder of Castle Hill mansion), who died in 1806, and a curious carved oak almsbox on a pedestal: the chancel was restored in 1870, and the nave in 1879, at a total cost of £2,600: there are 280 sittings.

Church Records

The parish register of baptisms, marriages and burials begins in 1569. 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).