The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

HAWCIMUttaIt

Thls celebroted villoge t iatlently *WO it new
torture to lis elrectl nieny atlrttetitnie lay the erec•
Wm of a new rentorphottee, 411 it the es•
w§§§§ of the rector, the Rev, B, H. Ai IMO! 11. A,
The building, which is a mill In he Wilde
Who, occupies o site very nem, thol on *Moll the old
reek., stood it le built of most 10110401ot mote.
rills, externally of stone, with ftcmhihl Arne dress
lugs and le meted with a roof of red tiles the
combination of which hoe a very pretty effhot, 'The
principal entrinoe Wes the south, cod Is of a heauti•
Inland unique design. The 'Mimes in the interior
I. composed of hew church Dalt, which is of I tine
quality and very much admired. Hawkallurch hoe
tnany attractions, end the lover of the beitutifill coil
the martinet would find a viell to it well nimbi,
Vint arnimpt its attractions is the mulch church,
which is a very ancient structure. It comprises§
nave, choneel, mirth and south aisles, with a very
greoefttl tower at the west end, enriched with stone
work, and contains five belle awl a clock, The
ornirolt comprises wend styles of architecture, in.
chiding the haoun, Senti•Norman, decorative, ond
perpendloular of the 16th century. The nave is
divided from the north end south Moles by circular
arches meting on low messive oirmilar (whitens
salt and wed of the nave are two other arnhee, the
one at the emit divi.loa it from the (Mafiosi, and the
one at the west is of very lofty dimensions, extending
nearly to the roof, throwing open the lower part of
the tower to the nave. The windows generally are
small, with the exception of the emit &oil west, which
two ore of a booutiful design in the perpendlottlar
style the east has recently been partly filled with
stained glees consisting of borderings of red and
grain, blue and yellow, surmounted- at the top, in
the *entre compartment, with a red cross on a white

mound, whiult Ints a very 'frilly eflieett In the
emit; aisle it phillfirVNll A PIMA of antiqutly, model.
lug o a
flieu; tit beautiful nerved WIAII 1011111141,
Ilan it A wittid 111AVIIIII, by which the °Mound tufty
Intro noun it tine tittiti ii V tiled front the nave,
Against the walls art plum( many very interesting
inoittimente, two of whiolt tleurve partleular unites,
Thou stand tot the smith side of the channel,
ono to tint instal of Admiral Mr William Mash,
of Woithav, ole Igrielt, and uoutalits a detailed
roottint ofthot gentleman's snowmen* La I and
the tither to the memory of Ittiltard JAMS', Ifmq,, of
%Yellville, oleo in the 11111101, to witioh loiter gentle.
man the new uhurult at hlereltwooll owes its mum
Om but he was not permitted to see it. noble
work even oonnuenued, hotting been removed by
death a few months previous to the laying of the
foundation *tone. 'fide monument is surmounted
with the twine, a lit emblem Air lull an set of faith,
'rho door of the lave and olianoel 14 on a level, The
eurarittut le oinopoiwil of one 'top on which le placed
the altar calla, within which 'While the altar, covered
with red oloth, the top covering of the antmundial
hoinu itt one pine I on title ore placed two Navies
Hooke resting on velvet 'tuitions On either side
of the east wliiiluw le atwo the deoelogue, which is
ornamented at the top of each Midi with quint
gihilout cherubim, The pulpit is pieced at the (than.
eel arch, and WM a gift to the church In MIS, al
whielt One and the Aillowing year wore prosentod
sundry other gine to the °lntroit, and is monied on
two large peinted boards plowed on either Woof gm
two, At the went end of the nave and completely
ohotriciting the view artful beetittil west window is
pleeeii the gallery, an the front of which is piloted
possagee front the Psalm, tho centre panel being no.
copied with c tintepleoe, In the ohurohyard are
eevonti graveatones wlith very ourlotte epitaphs.
Ilawkolturch aotniplee an elevated situation, and
can he leen from a dietaries of 111 Ally miles i it h cm
She border* of Doreeteltire and is about three miles
from end Joins the pai of Axminster, a town
situate on the borders of evonshire. The village
I. A closely built little plum containing a few
decent houses, among which thus are three respect.
able shove, two publio•houles anti a poelmMos. At
the leak of the village and finning is It were q
huh ground to the picture, he a fine avenue of
lime trees, which forme a delightful pmmonads, and
in summer when decked in It. have of livelypeen
he lieoutiful beyond description, Annualky in WWI.
suipweelt it he the wane of much giddy in eons,•
pence of the local nluh dinner being celebrated
muter It. ehedows. At the bottom of the avenue
111 situate W Ode Untirt, erected about the year Idea
It is a very intiquitted building, and contains some
rare oak °Arvind'. Pleasantly situated within
very short distance of the village ere the pretty and
modern residenees of Weethay and Tilworth, the
two prinelple gentlemen's houses in the neighbour.
hood, Not Whom the village is situate Lambeti's
(ladle, it lofty eminence, celebrated fur he beautiful
and magnilleent scenery, including within It. range
limit extensive land and sea views which fines on
the whole a grand and maleatle picture, and it Is
ceichreted ale° lit history re having been the theatre
of several battles t and there still remelit the
entrenohmente. Pooh ii a brief outline of this
uelebratod village. Words unnoloonvey any adequate
oleo of the totalities which tneet the eye at every slop)
we will only repeat that the visitor would find
mull to repay him, and would feel a gratification
soldoni before optioned.