St. Thomas a Becket - Lydlinch, 15th century Church

St. Thomas a Becket - Lydlinch, 15th-century Church.
Parish church;
The Church of England parish church of St. Thomas a Becket has a 12th-century baptismal font, but the rest of the building is Perpendicular Gothic. The nave, chancel and west tower are 15th century. The north aisle and south porch were added in the 16th century. In the 19th century the north aisle was rebuilt and the north vestry added and the building was twice restored, the second time in 1875. The church is a Grade II listed building.
The tower has a ring of five bells. The 19th-century Dorset dialect poet William Barnes (1801-86), who was born just outside the parish in nearby Bagber, wrote of them "Vor Lydlinch bells be good vor sound, And liked by all the neighbours round". Thomas Purdue of Closworth, Somerset cast the second, fourth and tenor bells in 1681. Mears & Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry recast the treble and third bells in 1908.
The parish is part of the Benefice of Sturminster Newton, Hinton St Mary and Lydlinch.
More information on wikipedia.

[@manuelarita6801]

Pure medieval true and true.. Tracery windows are spectacular and so the tower too.

[@poireau50]

Great video. Interesting part of the UK's rich history. We have so many but sadly not many visits. 😺

[@sneakysweeno]

Nice place for a fly about 😊 very enjoyable to watch 👍

[@IrishMac093]

Thanks for stopping by.

[@michaelgoodliffe4795]

It's a shame that we didn't get to see inside the church.

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Blimey IrishMac 🙂 That's the church where my ancestor John Searchfield got married in 1574 😬