"MORSTON. Its red-roofed houses, and the church
with a sorry-looking tower, are among green fields
by the vast stretch of marshland going to the sea.
The hamlet stands secure on its wind-swept bank,
and though at the spring tides the salt waters creep
closely up, and the prospect is desolate and wild,
the marshes and the dunes are fascinating in their
medley of colour.
We found the people putting their shoulders to the
wheel to make good the ravages of time and
weather on their much-buffeted church, doing the
work themselves with what money they could get.
There is a Norman lancet in the patched-up tower,
but most of the old work is 14th and 15th century.
Small quatrefoils light the south side of the
clerestory, an old almsbox has iron bands and two
locks, the old font has figures of the Four
Evangelists, and there is a corner piscina in a
window-seat.
The lower part of the medieval oak screen is still
here, though much battered, and its paintings of
the Four Evangelists and the Latin Doctors are
recognisable.
Remains of fine carving in the spandrels of the
panels show headless angels, a saint, and
pelicans."
Morston Village
Morston News