The church is the major building within the tiny picturesque hamlet of Turners Puddle (Piddle) in Dorset, England, UK.
The hamlet of Turner's Puddle (also known as Toner's Puddle or Piddle) is on the River Piddle in Purbeck district. It appears as ‘Pidele’ in the Domesday Book - an Old English river-name meaning a marsh or fen. ‘Toner’ was a knight in the service of King Edward I in the 13th century. By the 19th century, the name of the village evolved to Turners Puddle and the manor had passed to the Frampton family. Today the village is an oasis of tranquillity with a handful of picturesque cottages situated at the head of a narrow country lane and a population of 60. Holy Trinity Church, situated close to the river, is a mainly sixteenth century structure built of flint and limestone rubble, restored in the 18th century after the roof blew off in a storm in 1758. Originally the tower housed two bells, a treble cast by Thomas Hey in the mid-fourteenth century and a tenor cast by Clement Tosier of the Salisbury Foundry in 1691. In the 19th century the parish united with neighbouring Affpuddle and the church is now closed. Various artefacts from Holy Trinity, including its late 12th century font, can now be found in the Church of St. Lawrence at Affpuddle. Meanwhile, the churchyard has been reclaimed by nature and is carpeted by wild flowers – snowdrops in late winter, bluebells in early spring, celandine in late spring and cow parsley in early summer.
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Location: Turners Puddle, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
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