Church of St Mary. Melbury Bubb, Dorset

Melbury Bubb is a parish 7 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne.  Parish Church of St. Mary stands in the N.W. part of the parish. The walls are of local rubble with freestone dressings and the roofs are slate-covered. The South Tower was built late in the 15th century, perhaps by Walter Bokeler, rector c. 1470–80, whose initials appear on it. The rest of the church seems to have been rebuilt about the same time but was rebuilt again in 1854, probably by Withers, architect, of Sherborne, several of the older windows being incorporated. The pre-Conquest stone, now a font, is highly remarkable and the 15th-century glass is also noteworthy.

Reference           An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1: West 1952