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St Luke's Church, West Orchard

Church of England church buildings in DorsetGrade II listed churches in Dorset
West Orchard Church geograph.org.uk 420599
West Orchard Church geograph.org.uk 420599

St Luke's Church is a Church of England church in West Orchard, Dorset, England. Most of the church dates to a rebuild of 1876–77 to the designs of Thomas Henry Wyatt, but the chancel is 15th-century. The church is a Grade II listed building.

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St Luke's Church, West Orchard
Fishey Lane,

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