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Dist:0.1km<br/>This photo was taken on the southern edge of the village.
©Stuart Buchan
Dist:0.4km<br/>Houses in Horton on the lane to Chalbury Common; Horton Tower on the horizon.
©Peter Beaven
Dist:0.5km<br/>Traditional Dorset gridded finger post at the junction with side road to Chalbury.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.5km<br/>A close-up of the finial of the finger-post (see [[1741184]]), giving location and grid reference details.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.5km<br/>This traditional Dorset signpost retains its original finial, giving location and grid reference details. For a close-up of the finial, see [[1471188]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.5km<br/>The bench mark is to be found on the east side of the church. For a view of the church [[847321]] and http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm34144 A bench mark is an Ordnance Survey arrowhead sign found on walls, bridges, churches and specially erected triangulation pillars where the altitude above sea-level has been accurately measured by surveyors. The arrowhead points to a horizontal line above it which marks the exact altitude. With rivets and pivots there is no datum (horizontal line) cut, the pointed-to horizontal surface defining the datum height.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The inscription on the sundial is "Post est occasio calva", which I am told translates to "Opportunity is bald at the back" - a reference to Father Time.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>There is an odd bank that runs across the churchyard opposite the porch. This is probably part of the foundations of the old priory church. The churchyard is the final resting place of many of my own family.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Knight is Sir Giles Braose (died 1305) and it is made of Purbeck marble. The other is his first wife Beatrice and it is made of Ham stone. She wears the costume of the late 13th century and female effigies of this period are uncommon.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The reredos is early 18th century raised plaster work, coloured and gilded. The Dove in the centre symbolises the Holy Spirit; the four cherubs are said to be the four children of a vicar of the parish who died as infants. The "Pelican in her Piety" above is an emblem of Jesus Christ "by whose blood we are healed".
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The church was built in 1401, but by 1720 the church was almost a ruin through misuse and neglect. In 1722 it was almost totally rebuilt.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>An unusual dedication.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.5km<br/>I was christened in this font.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The church is dedicated to Saint Wolfrida in honour of Wolfrida, once abbess of Horton Abbey.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.5km<br/>The main body of the church is filled with plain box pews.
©Trish Steel

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