Canford Magna Parish Church

The Canford Magna Parish Church in Canford Magna, Dorset, England – possibly dedicated to St Augustine – is a mixture of Saxon, Norman and Mid Gothic architecture.

[1] During late Saxon times, a small cruciform chapel was built, which is now the chancel.

Between the 12th century and the Dissolution of the monasteries, the church was under the control of the monks at Bradenstoke Priory.

[4][5] The ashes of Sir Austen Henry Layard (died 1894), archeologist and politician are interred in the cemetery of the church.

[6] The churchyard also contains the grave of Ellis Gawler, a Royal Air Force Reserve serviceman killed in the Second World War.