St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton
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.Photo: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Moreton, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Parish Church of Ss Magnus the Martyr and Nicholas of Myra”, “St Nicholas Church”, “St Nicholas Church, Moreton”, “St Nicholas Church, Moreton, Dorset”, and “St Nicholas, Moreton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tank Museum and Clouds Hill.
The Tank Museum
Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about 1 mile north of the village of Wool and 12 miles west of the major port of Poole. The Tank Museum is situated 1½ miles east of St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton.
Clouds Hill
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY 2.5.
Clouds Hill is an isolated early 19th-century cottage near Wareham in the county of Dorset in South West England. It is the former home of T. E. Lawrence. The cottage is a Grade II* listed building and is owned by the National Trust. Clouds Hill is situated 1½ miles northeast of St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton.
Moreton railway station
Railway station
Photo: BazzaDaRambler, CC BY 2.0.
Moreton railway station serves the villages of Moreton and Crossways in Dorset, England. It is operated by South Western Railway and is served by their trains between London Waterloo and Weymouth. The station is 130 miles 24 chains down the line from Waterloo. Moreton railway station is situated 1½ miles west of St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Briantspuddle and Affpuddle.
Briantspuddle
Hamlet
Affpuddle
Hamlet
Photo: Ydigresse, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Affpuddle is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district of the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, 9 miles east of Dorchester. Affpuddle is situated 2½ miles north of St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton.
Woodsford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. Woodsford is situated 3 miles west of St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton.
St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Moreton, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.70283° or 50° 42′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.27696° or 2° 16′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C2VPP3F+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 142320324OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17540847
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Urdu—“St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Царква Сьвятога Мікалая”
- Central Kurdish: “کڵێسای سانت نیکۆلاس، مۆریتۆن”
- Chinese: “莫尔顿圣尼古拉教堂”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία του Αγίου Νικολάου στο Πουρμπέκ (Ην. Βασίλειο)”
- Swedish: “St Nicholas Church”
- Urdu: “سینٹ نکولس چرچ”
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