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St Mary's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Etymology

, cf. ecclesiam de Beministr (e )1268, 1280Ass , ' the altar of St Mary and St Inthwara (sic, probably forJuthwara )in the church of St Mary , Bemynstre '1406 Pat , The Chapel of Beminster 1774 Hutch1 and the statement in 1535–43 Leland that ' Theris a fair chapelle of ease in this town . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement