St Andrew, Winterbourne Tomson, Dorset: the nave with its 18th century box pews

NOTES: Work began on this Benedictine abbey in 1120-1140 with the choir, the transepts, a Lady Chapel at the east end and first three bays of the nave, a fourth being added in 1150-1180. The last three arches, in the Early English style, at the west end of the nave were added in 1230-1240. The abbey was dissolved in 1539, the Lady Chapel demolished, and its nuns dispersed. The north aisle and transept had been used as a parish church until the Dissolution and the church was bought back by the townspeople in 1544 and thereafter used as a parish church.