Readers of The West Dorset Magazine are being invited to join a big community effort to raise the final £50,000 to restore the five bells of St Thomas à Becket Church – famously eulogised in the 1879 poem Lydlinch Bells by William Barnes. And as part of the restoration, a sixth bell will be added […]
Sherborne Abbey has launched a £1m fundraising appeal to support a vital upgrade. Work on the new facilities started last month. The vestry will be adapted to provide toilets and a new vestry will be created beneath the organ loft. The Lady Chapel and Ambulatory will be made more accessible, including a wheelchair lift and […]
St Giles’ Church in the tiny village of Hooke, near Beaminster, is celebrating the restoration of its beautiful stained glass east window. With just 38 households in the village, fundraising was a significant challenge. But the community rallied and raised an impressive £13,000. A successful application to Dorset Historic Churches Trust secured the rest of […]