Alabaster figures resting in a side chapel of St Marys Church, Puddletown, Dorset, UK
Effigies adorn stone coffin in the church of St Mary in Puddletown, Dorset, UK is mainly late medieval with an earlier core. Features of interest include the beaker-shaped font, the panelled roof to the nave, and the 17th century box pews, pulpit and gallery. There are also a number of 15th and 16th century monumental brasses and some stained glass by Ninian Comper. The South or Martyn family chapel has three 16th century tombs with alabaster effigies. Puddletown (formerly Piddletown) is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district about 5 miles (8 km) east of Dorchester. It is in the valley of the River Piddle, from which it derives its name. In 2012 the estimated population of the civil parish was 1,410.
Size: 3603px × 5000px
Location: Puddletown, Dorset, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Chapman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: church, dorset, ecclesiastical, effigies, glass, hardy, lattice, likeness, medieval, memorial, memory, panelled, puddletown, religion, roof, service, stained, worship
