Monument record MDO8155 - St Peter's Church, The Cross, Wareham

St Peters Church stood at the west end of East Street. It was a small ancient building consisting of a body only; all tiled; no appearance of any chancel. At the West end was a brick tower built c.1700. It was desecrated soon after the Reformation and was used as a Town Hall. It was re-built in 1768 for a town-hall, a school house, and a gaol. <1>

No further information obtained during field investigation. Town Hall is modern. <3>

St Peters Church, existed in 1348 and was replaced in 1768 by a Town Hall which was subsequently replaced by a modern town hall. <4>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1774, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 1st edition, 32 (Monograph). SWX2949.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1936 (Map). SDO18020.

Town Hall on Site of (NAT) St Peters Church (NR)

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 03-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Penn, K J, 1980, Historic Towns in Dorset, 111 (Monograph). SWX1202.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456697 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 31 2023 2:02PM