Location Moreton, Dorset Denomination Anglican Phone +44 1305 854046 | Country England Dedication St Nicholas Burials T. E. Lawrence | |
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Website www.stnicholasmoreton.org.uk Address Moreton, Dorchester DT2 8RH, UK Similar Clouds Hill, St Martin's Church - Wareham, Sherborne Abbey, Monkey World, Hurst Spit | ||
St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church at Moreton, Dorset, England. It is known for its thirteen windows, engraved by the poet and artist Sir Laurence Whistler. T. E. Lawrence was buried in the separate churchyard.
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History
The church's dedication was changed in 1490, to St Nicholas having previously been dedicated to St Magnus Martyr.
The church was rebuilt in the 18th century, reusing its medieval foundations. The rebuilding was financed by the Frampton family, who lived in the nearby manor house.
The adventurer T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), who died in 1935, is buried in the separate churchyard. Sir Winston Churchill attended his funeral.
In 1940, the church suffered a direct hit from a German bomb, and was largely destroyed. It was rebuilt over the following decade, but the stained glass windows were replaced with plain green glass, which was not liked by the congregation.
Windows
Laurence Whistler was commissioned to provide engraved glass replacements, and after making twelve, he offered to make and donate the thirteenth with a design on the theme of Forgiveness featuring Judas. . The offer was declined, but he made the window anyway. After being displayed in a local museum, it was eventually installed - on the outside of the church (as the artist intended) - in 2014.
The windows are:
- 1955 (1955): Apse
- 1955 (1955): Apse
- 1955 (1955): Apse
- 1955 (1955): Apse
- 1974 (1974): The Seasons, North aisle
- 1975 (1975): Light
- 1975 (1975): Darkness
- 1975 (1975): Dream of the Rood
- 1982 (1982): Trinity Chapel
- 1984 (1984): Vestry
- 1984 (1984): West End
- 2014 (2014): Forgiveness