Spetisbury

=== St John the Baptist ===

=== St John the Baptist ===

[[File:Looking down the Nave, St John the Baptist, Spetisbury.jpg|thumb|Inside St John the Baptist Church]]

[[File:Looking down the Nave, St John the Baptist, Spetisbury.jpg|thumb|Inside St John the Baptist Church]]

The parish church of [[St John the Baptist]] lies on the west side of the A350. The north [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]] dates from the late 12th or early 13th century and the tower (with a ring of six heavy bells) from the late 15th or early 16th century. Most of the church was built in 1858, before [[Thomas Henry Wyatt]] restored the building in 1895. The church was built with a mixture of building stones, chiefly knapped flint. The early-17th-century [[pulpit]] has ornate panelled sides, including cherub heads. The [[Baptismal font|font]] was made of [[Purbeck Marble|Purbeck marble]], and is likely the same age as the tower. In the north wall, there is an early 17th-century monument to John Bowyer, who died in 1599. In the churchyard, close to the porch, is the [[Tetrahedron|three-sided pyramid]] gravestone of [[Thomas Rackett]], rector of the village and Charlton Marshall for 60 years. The church is a [[Listed building|Grade 1 listed building]] and the Rackett monument and octagonal memorial to the fallen of WWI and WWII are both [[Listed building|Grade 2 listed]].{{cite web |title=Spetisbury |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp242-246 |website=British History Online |access-date=17 July 2023 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201035154/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp242-246 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=St John the Baptist Church |url=http://www.spetisbury.org.uk/St_John_the_Baptist_Church_24549.aspx |website=Spetisbury Parish Council |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807151811/http://www.spetisbury.org.uk/St_John_the_Baptist_Church_24549.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST JOHN, Spetisbury - 1305220 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305220?section=official-list-entry |website=Historic England |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091625/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305220?section=official-list-entry |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Hutchins |first1=John |title=The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset |date=1774 |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h5cuarzu/items?canvas=205&manifest=2 |access-date=16 July 2023 |pages=189–194 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091626/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h5cuarzu/items?canvas=205&manifest=2 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Newman |first1=John |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nicholas |title=The Buildings of England: Dorset, by J. Newman, N. Pevsner |date=1975 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-071044-1 |pages=394–5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_hNAAAAMAAJ |language=en |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091625/https://books.google.com/books?id=2_hNAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Spetisbury War Memorial, Spetisbury - 1441320 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441320 |website=Historic England |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091627/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441320 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=RACKETT MONUMENT, IN THE CHURCHYARD, 2 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH OF ST JOHN'S CHURCH, Spetisbury - 1110162 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110162 |website=Historic England |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091653/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110162 |url-status=live }}

The parish church of [[St John the Baptist]] lies on the west side of the A350. The north [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]] dates from the late 12th or early 13th century and the tower (with a ring of six heavy bells) from the late 15th or early 16th century. Most of the church was built in 1858, before [[Thomas Henry Wyatt]] restored the building in 1895. The church was built with a mixture of building stones, chiefly knapped flint. The early-17th-century [[pulpit]] has ornate panelled sides, including cherub heads. The [[Baptismal font|font]] was made of [[Purbeck Marble|Purbeck marble]], and is likely the same age as the tower. In the north wall, there is an early 17th-century monument to John Bowyer, who died in 1599. In the churchyard, close to the porch, is the [[Tetrahedron|three-sided pyramid]] gravestone of [[Thomas Rackett]], rector of the village and Charlton Marshall for 60 years. The church is a [[Listed building|Grade I listed building]] and the Rackett monument and octagonal memorial to the fallen of WWI and WWII are both [[Listed building|Grade II listed]].{{cite web |title=Spetisbury |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp242-246 |website=British History Online |access-date=17 July 2023 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201035154/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp242-246 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=St John the Baptist Church |url=http://www.spetisbury.org.uk/St_John_the_Baptist_Church_24549.aspx |website=Spetisbury Parish Council |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807151811/http://www.spetisbury.org.uk/St_John_the_Baptist_Church_24549.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST JOHN, Spetisbury - 1305220 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305220?section=official-list-entry |website=Historic England |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091625/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305220?section=official-list-entry |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Hutchins |first1=John |title=The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset |date=1774 |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h5cuarzu/items?canvas=205&manifest=2 |access-date=16 July 2023 |pages=189–194 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091626/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h5cuarzu/items?canvas=205&manifest=2 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Newman |first1=John |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nicholas |title=The Buildings of England: Dorset, by J. Newman, N. Pevsner |date=1975 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-071044-1 |pages=394–5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_hNAAAAMAAJ |language=en |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091625/https://books.google.com/books?id=2_hNAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Spetisbury War Memorial, Spetisbury - 1441320 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441320 |website=Historic England |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091627/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441320 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=RACKETT MONUMENT, IN THE CHURCHYARD, 2 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH OF ST JOHN'S CHURCH, Spetisbury - 1110162 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110162 |website=Historic England |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091653/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110162 |url-status=live }}

=== Crawford Bridge ===

=== Crawford Bridge ===

[[File:Crawford Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 3946678.jpg|thumb|Crawford Bridge crossing the River Stour]]

[[File:Crawford Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 3946678.jpg|thumb|Crawford Bridge crossing the River Stour]]

The B3075 crosses the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]] at Crawford Bridge. The bridge was built in the medieval period and widened in 1819. It has nine semicircular arches and is a [[Listed building|Grade 1 listed building]].{{cite web |title=CRAWFORD BRIDGE, Spetisbury - 1305264 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305264?section=official-list-entry |website=Historic England |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720092129/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305264?section=official-list-entry |url-status=live }}

The B3075 crosses the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]] at Crawford Bridge. The bridge was built in the medieval period and widened in 1819. It has nine semicircular arches and is a [[Listed building|Grade I listed building]].{{cite web |title=CRAWFORD BRIDGE, Spetisbury - 1305264 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305264?section=official-list-entry |website=Historic England |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720092129/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305264?section=official-list-entry |url-status=live }}

=== St Monica's Priory ===

=== St Monica's Priory ===