Fleet Old Church

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Fleet Old Church
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Religion
Affiliation Church of England
Location
Location Fleet, Dorset, England
Geographic coordinates 50°37′08″N2°31′00″W / 50.6190°N 2.5166°W / 50.6190; -2.5166
Architecture
Type Church

Fleet Old Church is a Church of England mortuary chapel in Fleet, Dorset, England. [1] It was formerly the village's parish church until its partial destruction in the Great Storm of 1824. The surviving chancel is now a Grade II* listed building. [2]

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History

A church at Fleet is known to have existed as early as 1086 when one was recorded in the Domesday Book, with a monk from Abbotsbury Abbey named Bolla as the village's priest. [3] The church's surviving chancel is believed to date to the 15th century, [2] suggesting it was later rebuilt. The church was dedicated to Holy Trinity and belonged to the Christchurch Priory until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In a 1552 survey of the "Church Goods of Dorset", Fleet's church was recorded as having a tower with two bells. [4]

The church's nave was significantly damaged in the Great Storm of 1824, [2] which also destroyed a number of the village's houses. Owing to the extent of the church's damage, the Rector of Fleet, Rev. George Gould, decided to have a new church constructed at his expense. Designed by William Strickland and built in 1827–29, the new church of Holy Trinity was sited 540 yards inland from the original church. [5]

With the construction of the new church, the nave of the original was demolished in 1827, but the chancel was retained and repaired for use as a mortuary chapel. [6] [2] The church was featured in the 1898 novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner. [7] [8]

Architecture

The surviving chancel is built of local rubble, with freestone dressings and stone slate roofs. It has a window of 17th century origin, with the side walls each containing a blocked window. The interior has an arch-braced collar roof. A number of monuments survive within the building: one to Robert Mohun, dated 1603, one to Maximilian Mohun, dated 1612, and another to Francis Mohun, dated 1711–12. There is also a plaque dedicated to J. Meade Faulkner. [5] [2]

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