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YETMINSTER

PUBLICATIONS

 

YETMINSTER has, of course, a substantial entry in DORSET VOL I (WEST) OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION FOR HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (ENGLAND) published by HMSO 1952, and is mentioned in many other books about Dorset.

Specific books about Yetminster include:

Machin: The Houses of Yetminster (University of Bristol Extra Mural Studies) which is available from the Public Library

Machin: Probate Inventories and Manorial Excepts (University of Bristol Extra Mural Studies) also available from the Public Library

Hill (compiler): THE BOOK OF YETMINSTER (published by Halsgrove) ISBN 1-84114-412-6

Publications by the Hundred of Yetminster Society

Berthoud & Windridge:       St Andrew’s Church. A History ISBN 09512700 0 1

Hayward & Windridge:       Badges and Beans. The Annals of the Poor ISBN 09512700 1 X

Windridge:                        Yetminster At School. The Two Schools ISBN 09512700 2 8

Hayward:                          Yetminster and Beyond ISBN 09512700 3 6

Windridge:                        The Prebends of Yetminster

Hayward:                          A Walk round Yetminster

Memorial Inscriptions (in St Andrew’s church and churchyard). This is only available to view through the Hundred of Yetminster History Society.

"A Stitch in Time"  A booklet illustrating the 26 panels of canvaswork made to celebrate the Millennium. Obtainable from the churchwardens and from The Old School Gallery, High Street (Price £5) or via the PCC Secretary, Yetminster St Andrew.

A NADFAS Record of Church Furnishings of St Andrew’s Church has been made and is available to view at National Monument Record Centre, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2GZ Tel: 01793 414700 and the Dorset History Centre,  Dorchester.

The Wriggle Valley Magazine, which covers the seven villages of the Wriggle Valley area, Batcombe, Chetnole, Hermitage, Hilfield, Leigh, Ryme Intrinseca and Yetminster , has 10 issues a year. Church service times are shown in the magazine and include the neighbouring churches of Beer Hackett, Thornford and Bradford Abbas.