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DORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and ON-SCREEN | DORSET LIFE On-screen Read Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine on your PC, Mac, or iOS or Android tablet or smartphone. Click on the cover of the issue you want to read, and you’ll be taken to our partner ISSUU.COM, where you can purchase all of our online content.DORSET LIVES
On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and PILSDON MANOR AND COMMUNITY Two events of the early 17th century had consequences which came together three hundred years later to create Pilsdon Manor as it is today. First, Nicholas Ferrar and his family left London in 1625 for Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire, where their extended family grew into a community of some forty souls, committed to the Church of England as the middle way between Catholicism and extremeDAMORY OF BLANDFORD
Blandford is described at the town’s approaches by road as ‘A Unique Georgian Town’. However, another feature that soon becomes apparent is the high incidence of the name ‘Damory’ around the town – Damory Street, Damory Court Street, the Damory Oak pub, Damory Coaches, Damory Veterinary Practice, etc. WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth in MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
BOURNEMOUTH’S MOST SENSATIONAL MURDER Published in August ’06. In his book, Murder at the Villa Madeira, eminent lawyer-author Sir David Napley introduces the Rattenbury murder as follows: ‘The sensation of the year 1935 was the trial at the Old Bailey on charges of murder of Alma Rattenbury, an attractive woman of perhaps 39 or 40, and her lover, George Stoner, who had been STURMINSTER NEWTON AND THE PITT-RIVERS FAMILY Today George’s son, Anthony, lives in the manor and is responsible for the estate. Although reduced from the original 8000 acres, it still includes much of Sturminster Newton and surrounding villages. Anthony Pitt-Rivers has served on both North Dorset DC and Dorset CC and his wife, Valerie, is currently the county’s Lord Lieutenant.DORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and ON-SCREEN | DORSET LIFE On-screen Read Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine on your PC, Mac, or iOS or Android tablet or smartphone. Click on the cover of the issue you want to read, and you’ll be taken to our partner ISSUU.COM, where you can purchase all of our online content.DORSET LIVES
On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and PILSDON MANOR AND COMMUNITY Two events of the early 17th century had consequences which came together three hundred years later to create Pilsdon Manor as it is today. First, Nicholas Ferrar and his family left London in 1625 for Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire, where their extended family grew into a community of some forty souls, committed to the Church of England as the middle way between Catholicism and extremeDAMORY OF BLANDFORD
Blandford is described at the town’s approaches by road as ‘A Unique Georgian Town’. However, another feature that soon becomes apparent is the high incidence of the name ‘Damory’ around the town – Damory Street, Damory Court Street, the Damory Oak pub, Damory Coaches, Damory Veterinary Practice, etc. WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth in MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
BOURNEMOUTH’S MOST SENSATIONAL MURDER Published in August ’06. In his book, Murder at the Villa Madeira, eminent lawyer-author Sir David Napley introduces the Rattenbury murder as follows: ‘The sensation of the year 1935 was the trial at the Old Bailey on charges of murder of Alma Rattenbury, an attractive woman of perhaps 39 or 40, and her lover, George Stoner, who had been STURMINSTER NEWTON AND THE PITT-RIVERS FAMILY Today George’s son, Anthony, lives in the manor and is responsible for the estate. Although reduced from the original 8000 acres, it still includes much of Sturminster Newton and surrounding villages. Anthony Pitt-Rivers has served on both North Dorset DC and Dorset CC and his wife, Valerie, is currently the county’s Lord Lieutenant.HOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service. ON-SCREEN | DORSET LIFE On-screen Read Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine on your PC, Mac, or iOS or Android tablet or smartphone. Click on the cover of the issue you want to read, and you’ll be taken to our partner ISSUU.COM, where you can purchase all of our online content. SUBSCRIBE | DORSET LIFE Subscribe. Every month Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine features: a five-page photo essay, Dorset’s fascinating history, beautiful walks, insights into Dorset’s villages, interviews and much more.THE DORSET WALK
Published in October ’19. Tarrant Monkton is one of the largest of the eight villages in the Tarrant valley and is named for the river and the fact it was owned by Cranborne Abbey. It is a typically beautiful Dorset village with thatched roofs and a well photographed medieval pack horse bridge/ford. The village pub, the Langton Arms,sits in
THE DORSET DRIVE: VALLEYS, HILLS AND VIEWS Published in January ’13. This drive is defined rather less by the area it physically covers, but more the area which can be seen from some of the viewpoints along the route, views which are among the finest in Dorset. It takes in or approaches some very fine former stately homes, a model village, a sculpture park, the burial place ofone and
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The cooling shade alongside the River Stour. This route could be said to lie at the very heart of the Blackmore Vale. The four villages it passes through are typical of the Vale and originally owed their existence to dairy farming, which has also shaped the landscape: in the large fields you will see a lot of cows, a few sheep and preciousDOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the ROBERT BOYLE OF STALBRIDGE PARK Published in April ’13. One of the better-known portraits of Robert Boyle. ‘A goodlie, faire house’ was the description of Stalbridge Park when it was built by the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven in 1618. It was the fifth largest house in Dorset, notable for its soaring chimneys and its generous mullioned windows. Castlehaven was an Irish peerage KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
DORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.THE DORSET WALK
Published in June ’15. Ashmore’s famous and oft-photographed pond. At 700 feet (210m) above sea level, Ashmore is one of the highest villages in southern England and the highest in Dorset. It lies in an area of chalk downland on the western side of Cranborne Chase. Over the centuries many hilltop settlements, such as nearby Hambledon Hill THE DORSET DRIVE: VALLEYS, HILLS AND VIEWS Published in January ’13. This drive is defined rather less by the area it physically covers, but more the area which can be seen from some of the viewpoints along the route, views which are among the finest in Dorset. It takes in or approaches some very fine former stately homes, a model village, a sculpture park, the burial place ofone and
DORSET LIVES
Jane Stichbury was a successful Chief Constable of Dorset for five years, and continues to serve the county by chairing an important NHS Foundation Trust. John Newth has been to talk to her. Published in December ’10. We at Dorset Life rather missed a trick between 1999 and 2004, when Jane Stichbury was Chief Constable of the county’s WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose ROBERT BOYLE OF STALBRIDGE PARK Published in April ’13. One of the better-known portraits of Robert Boyle. ‘A goodlie, faire house’ was the description of Stalbridge Park when it was built by the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven in 1618. It was the fifth largest house in Dorset, notable for its soaring chimneys and its generous mullioned windows. Castlehaven was an Irish peerage MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
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The Dorset walk — Wimborne St Giles, Monkton Up Wimborne and Gussage All Saints Matt Wilkinson and Pat Sheehan LRPS on Cranborne Chase. Published in April ’07 A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth inDORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.THE DORSET WALK
Published in June ’15. Ashmore’s famous and oft-photographed pond. At 700 feet (210m) above sea level, Ashmore is one of the highest villages in southern England and the highest in Dorset. It lies in an area of chalk downland on the western side of Cranborne Chase. Over the centuries many hilltop settlements, such as nearby Hambledon Hill THE DORSET DRIVE: VALLEYS, HILLS AND VIEWS Published in January ’13. This drive is defined rather less by the area it physically covers, but more the area which can be seen from some of the viewpoints along the route, views which are among the finest in Dorset. It takes in or approaches some very fine former stately homes, a model village, a sculpture park, the burial place ofone and
DORSET LIVES
Jane Stichbury was a successful Chief Constable of Dorset for five years, and continues to serve the county by chairing an important NHS Foundation Trust. John Newth has been to talk to her. Published in December ’10. We at Dorset Life rather missed a trick between 1999 and 2004, when Jane Stichbury was Chief Constable of the county’s WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose ROBERT BOYLE OF STALBRIDGE PARK Published in April ’13. One of the better-known portraits of Robert Boyle. ‘A goodlie, faire house’ was the description of Stalbridge Park when it was built by the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven in 1618. It was the fifth largest house in Dorset, notable for its soaring chimneys and its generous mullioned windows. Castlehaven was an Irish peerage MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
THE DORSET WALK
The Dorset walk — Wimborne St Giles, Monkton Up Wimborne and Gussage All Saints Matt Wilkinson and Pat Sheehan LRPS on Cranborne Chase. Published in April ’07 A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth in SUBSCRIBE | DORSET LIFE Subscribe. Every month Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine features: a five-page photo essay, Dorset’s fascinating history, beautiful walks, insights into Dorset’s villages, interviews and much more.THE DORSET WALK
Published in June ’15. Ashmore’s famous and oft-photographed pond. At 700 feet (210m) above sea level, Ashmore is one of the highest villages in southern England and the highest in Dorset. It lies in an area of chalk downland on the western side of Cranborne Chase. Over the centuries many hilltop settlements, such as nearby Hambledon Hill THE DORSET DRIVE: VALLEYS, HILLS AND VIEWS Published in January ’13. This drive is defined rather less by the area it physically covers, but more the area which can be seen from some of the viewpoints along the route, views which are among the finest in Dorset. It takes in or approaches some very fine former stately homes, a model village, a sculpture park, the burial place ofone and
THE DORSET WALK: MIDDLEBERE AND WYTCH HEATHS Published in August ’13. Corfe Castle stands sentry to the gap in the Purbeck Hills. The sheer variety of the Isle of Purbeck is one of its unending surprises and delights. Barely five miles as the crow flies from the forbidding rocky headlands of its coast is the completely different landscape of Middlebere Heath: flat, grassy andapparently
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The Dorset Walk – Maiden Castle and Martinstown Matt Wilkinson and Dan Bold visit Dorset’s biggest hillfort. Published in August ’11. Maiden Castle, which dominates the beginning and end of this walk, can claim to be Dorset’s most significant historic monument in terms not only of size – at 16 acres (6.4 hectares), that is beyond dispute – but of importance. KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
A FASCINATING MEETING OF ART & INDUSTRY A fascinating meeting of art & industry Sylvia Antonsen tells the story of a 1950s Dorset factory project. Published in November ’17 . In 1938 Ludwig Loewy, a German Jewish engineer, in fear for his life, emigrated from Nazi Germany. THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
BOURNEMOUTH’S MOST SENSATIONAL MURDER Published in August ’06. In his book, Murder at the Villa Madeira, eminent lawyer-author Sir David Napley introduces the Rattenbury murder as follows: ‘The sensation of the year 1935 was the trial at the Old Bailey on charges of murder of Alma Rattenbury, an attractive woman of perhaps 39 or 40, and her lover, George Stoner, who had been JON CALLAN: STAINED GLASS WINDOW MAKER Published in August ’18. It is the best part of fifty years since a school careers master told the sixteen-year-old Jon Callan that he wasn’t really suited to the world of work. ‘He was possibly the most perceptive teacher I ever encountered,’ says Jon in the airykitchen of
DORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
DORSET LIVES
On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
150 YEARS OF THE RAILWAY IN GILLINGHAM Published in December ’09. The parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of the railway’s arrival in Gillingham processes through the High Street. The traction engine is hauling a tableau display depicting the opening ceremony. In May 2009 we celebrated the 150thanniversary of
A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth inDORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
DORSET LIVES
On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
150 YEARS OF THE RAILWAY IN GILLINGHAM Published in December ’09. The parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of the railway’s arrival in Gillingham processes through the High Street. The traction engine is hauling a tableau display depicting the opening ceremony. In May 2009 we celebrated the 150thanniversary of
A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth in SUBSCRIBE | DORSET LIFE Subscribe. Every month Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine features: a five-page photo essay, Dorset’s fascinating history, beautiful walks, insights into Dorset’s villages, interviews and much more. THREE MILLS ON MY RIVER IT’S an ill wind that blows no-one any good, and the 2020 covid-19 lockdown certainly put Sturminster Newton’s ancient mill on the map. It missed out on its seasonal income from tourism, of course, but its short-term revival of commercial milling for Dorset outlets that were starved of their usual supplies captured the imaginations of mediaacross the world.
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Published in June ’15. Ashmore’s famous and oft-photographed pond. At 700 feet (210m) above sea level, Ashmore is one of the highest villages in southern England and the highest in Dorset. It lies in an area of chalk downland on the western side of Cranborne Chase. Over the centuries many hilltop settlements, such as nearby Hambledon Hill THE DORSET LIFE WALK Start: At the crossroads of Cross Lanes, Higher Melcombe and Melcombe Bingham. ST760023. Directions: Leave the A35 at the junction for A354 and then immediately follow the signs to Cheselbourne and then Melcombe Bingham. Refreshments: None on route, but the The Fox at Ansty is a 200 yard diversion to the right at point 5 on the walk.THE DORSET WALK
TOLPUDDLE is a pretty little village, well-kept and clearly proud of its history. It was home to the Tolpuddle Martyrs – six men who were tried and sentenced to deportation to Australia for forming a friendly society, a trade union, against the gradual lowering of agriculturalwages.
THE DORSET WALK 2: BATCOMBE AND HILFIELD Hilfield Friary is for the Franciscan brothers of the Society of St Francis, an Anglican order. It is home to a community of friars and lay people, it hosts retreats and offers a series of lectures and courses on spiritual matters. Distance: About 4½ miles. Terrain: This is a rewarding walk, not very long and with a fair proportion onlanes.
STEEPLE | DORSET LIFE The neat cul-de-sac village of Steeple is the smallest in the Isle of Purbeck. What it lacks in size it makes up for in character. Fine stone buildings are set between the hills around an almost archetypal time-warp green. Legally, however, it is not one, as it failed to be registered in the 1960s, and has now been fenced into a couple ofsheep
KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
A FASCINATING MEETING OF ART & INDUSTRY A fascinating meeting of art & industry Sylvia Antonsen tells the story of a 1950s Dorset factory project. Published in November ’17 . In 1938 Ludwig Loewy, a German Jewish engineer, in fear for his life, emigrated from Nazi Germany. JON CALLAN: STAINED GLASS WINDOW MAKER Published in August ’18. It is the best part of fifty years since a school careers master told the sixteen-year-old Jon Callan that he wasn’t really suited to the world of work. ‘He was possibly the most perceptive teacher I ever encountered,’ says Jon in the airykitchen of
DORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
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On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
150 YEARS OF THE RAILWAY IN GILLINGHAM Published in December ’09. The parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of the railway’s arrival in Gillingham processes through the High Street. The traction engine is hauling a tableau display depicting the opening ceremony. In May 2009 we celebrated the 150thanniversary of
A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth inDORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
DORSET LIVES
On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
150 YEARS OF THE RAILWAY IN GILLINGHAM Published in December ’09. The parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of the railway’s arrival in Gillingham processes through the High Street. The traction engine is hauling a tableau display depicting the opening ceremony. In May 2009 we celebrated the 150thanniversary of
A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth in SUBSCRIBE | DORSET LIFE Subscribe. Every month Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine features: a five-page photo essay, Dorset’s fascinating history, beautiful walks, insights into Dorset’s villages, interviews and much more. THREE MILLS ON MY RIVER IT’S an ill wind that blows no-one any good, and the 2020 covid-19 lockdown certainly put Sturminster Newton’s ancient mill on the map. It missed out on its seasonal income from tourism, of course, but its short-term revival of commercial milling for Dorset outlets that were starved of their usual supplies captured the imaginations of mediaacross the world.
THE DORSET WALK
Published in June ’15. Ashmore’s famous and oft-photographed pond. At 700 feet (210m) above sea level, Ashmore is one of the highest villages in southern England and the highest in Dorset. It lies in an area of chalk downland on the western side of Cranborne Chase. Over the centuries many hilltop settlements, such as nearby Hambledon Hill THE DORSET LIFE WALK Start: At the crossroads of Cross Lanes, Higher Melcombe and Melcombe Bingham. ST760023. Directions: Leave the A35 at the junction for A354 and then immediately follow the signs to Cheselbourne and then Melcombe Bingham. Refreshments: None on route, but the The Fox at Ansty is a 200 yard diversion to the right at point 5 on the walk.THE DORSET WALK
TOLPUDDLE is a pretty little village, well-kept and clearly proud of its history. It was home to the Tolpuddle Martyrs – six men who were tried and sentenced to deportation to Australia for forming a friendly society, a trade union, against the gradual lowering of agriculturalwages.
THE DORSET WALK 2: BATCOMBE AND HILFIELD Hilfield Friary is for the Franciscan brothers of the Society of St Francis, an Anglican order. It is home to a community of friars and lay people, it hosts retreats and offers a series of lectures and courses on spiritual matters. Distance: About 4½ miles. Terrain: This is a rewarding walk, not very long and with a fair proportion onlanes.
STEEPLE | DORSET LIFE The neat cul-de-sac village of Steeple is the smallest in the Isle of Purbeck. What it lacks in size it makes up for in character. Fine stone buildings are set between the hills around an almost archetypal time-warp green. Legally, however, it is not one, as it failed to be registered in the 1960s, and has now been fenced into a couple ofsheep
KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
A FASCINATING MEETING OF ART & INDUSTRY A fascinating meeting of art & industry Sylvia Antonsen tells the story of a 1950s Dorset factory project. Published in November ’17 . In 1938 Ludwig Loewy, a German Jewish engineer, in fear for his life, emigrated from Nazi Germany. JON CALLAN: STAINED GLASS WINDOW MAKER Published in August ’18. It is the best part of fifty years since a school careers master told the sixteen-year-old Jon Callan that he wasn’t really suited to the world of work. ‘He was possibly the most perceptive teacher I ever encountered,’ says Jon in the airykitchen of
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Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
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On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
150 YEARS OF THE RAILWAY IN GILLINGHAM Published in December ’09. The parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of the railway’s arrival in Gillingham processes through the High Street. The traction engine is hauling a tableau display depicting the opening ceremony. In May 2009 we celebrated the 150thanniversary of
A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth inDORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
DORSET LIVES
On his election, the new Lord Mayor was honoured Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and in October 1982 he was knighted by The Queen at Buckingham Palace. ‘You are rather tall,’ joked the Sovereign, ‘you will have to bend down a little more!’. Sir Anthony was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006 and WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
150 YEARS OF THE RAILWAY IN GILLINGHAM Published in December ’09. The parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of the railway’s arrival in Gillingham processes through the High Street. The traction engine is hauling a tableau display depicting the opening ceremony. In May 2009 we celebrated the 150thanniversary of
A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth in SUBSCRIBE | DORSET LIFE Subscribe. Every month Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine features: a five-page photo essay, Dorset’s fascinating history, beautiful walks, insights into Dorset’s villages, interviews and much more. THREE MILLS ON MY RIVER IT’S an ill wind that blows no-one any good, and the 2020 covid-19 lockdown certainly put Sturminster Newton’s ancient mill on the map. It missed out on its seasonal income from tourism, of course, but its short-term revival of commercial milling for Dorset outlets that were starved of their usual supplies captured the imaginations of mediaacross the world.
THE DORSET WALK
Published in June ’15. Ashmore’s famous and oft-photographed pond. At 700 feet (210m) above sea level, Ashmore is one of the highest villages in southern England and the highest in Dorset. It lies in an area of chalk downland on the western side of Cranborne Chase. Over the centuries many hilltop settlements, such as nearby Hambledon Hill THE DORSET LIFE WALK Start: At the crossroads of Cross Lanes, Higher Melcombe and Melcombe Bingham. ST760023. Directions: Leave the A35 at the junction for A354 and then immediately follow the signs to Cheselbourne and then Melcombe Bingham. Refreshments: None on route, but the The Fox at Ansty is a 200 yard diversion to the right at point 5 on the walk.THE DORSET WALK
TOLPUDDLE is a pretty little village, well-kept and clearly proud of its history. It was home to the Tolpuddle Martyrs – six men who were tried and sentenced to deportation to Australia for forming a friendly society, a trade union, against the gradual lowering of agriculturalwages.
THE DORSET WALK 2: BATCOMBE AND HILFIELD Hilfield Friary is for the Franciscan brothers of the Society of St Francis, an Anglican order. It is home to a community of friars and lay people, it hosts retreats and offers a series of lectures and courses on spiritual matters. Distance: About 4½ miles. Terrain: This is a rewarding walk, not very long and with a fair proportion onlanes.
STEEPLE | DORSET LIFE The neat cul-de-sac village of Steeple is the smallest in the Isle of Purbeck. What it lacks in size it makes up for in character. Fine stone buildings are set between the hills around an almost archetypal time-warp green. Legally, however, it is not one, as it failed to be registered in the 1960s, and has now been fenced into a couple ofsheep
KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
A FASCINATING MEETING OF ART & INDUSTRY A fascinating meeting of art & industry Sylvia Antonsen tells the story of a 1950s Dorset factory project. Published in November ’17 . In 1938 Ludwig Loewy, a German Jewish engineer, in fear for his life, emigrated from Nazi Germany. JON CALLAN: STAINED GLASS WINDOW MAKER Published in August ’18. It is the best part of fifty years since a school careers master told the sixteen-year-old Jon Callan that he wasn’t really suited to the world of work. ‘He was possibly the most perceptive teacher I ever encountered,’ says Jon in the airykitchen of
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Welcome to Dorset Life online:. The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.HOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DAMORY OF BLANDFORD
Blandford is described at the town’s approaches by road as ‘A Unique Georgian Town’. However, another feature that soon becomes apparent is the high incidence of the name ‘Damory’ around the town – Damory Street, Damory Court Street, the Damory Oak pub, Damory Coaches, Damory Veterinary Practice, etc. THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL While the story provided the inspiration for a novel by Charles Dickens, The Long Journey, locally the event lived on in folk memory.In the 1960s, William Jeremiah Bower (1886-1966) – known as Billy Winspit – who lived in isolated Winspit Cottage and worked in its otherwise abandoned quarry, told me to walk up the cliff path to what at the time was the first stile, squeeze through the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Despite the inherent risk of building close to the shore or cliff edge, there seem to be few examples of properties actually being lost. However, a house built by a sea captain at Canford Cliffs in 1878 became known as Simpson’s Folly.DOWNES AND OUTS
Downes and outs Richard Sims examines the mixed fortunes of the families inextricably linked with Bridport’s Downe Hall. Publishedin February ’11
WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose residents and visitors are keen on matters of arts andliterature.
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The Old Town was not by its antiquity protected from change. At least two shop fronts remain worthy of note: that of Bennetts the Bakers, with its patterned leaded glass and the name of Bright (also a baker) set in mosaic in the entrance way, and, not far away but sadly recently altered, the café formerly known to many as the leather goods shop of Thorogoods. A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth inDORSET LIFE
Welcome to Dorset Life online: The website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff andHOME | DORSET LIFE
Home Welcome to Dorset Life online. Welcome to Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine online: the website dedicated to the history, the nature, the landscape, the people, the buildings and all the other facets of the county in which we are so fortunate to live.. Here you will find contact details for all the magazine’s staff and even take advantage of our online subscription service.DAMORY OF BLANDFORD
Blandford is described at the town’s approaches by road as ‘A Unique Georgian Town’. However, another feature that soon becomes apparent is the high incidence of the name ‘Damory’ around the town – Damory Street, Damory Court Street, the Damory Oak pub, Damory Coaches, Damory Veterinary Practice, etc.DOWNES AND OUTS
In 1792, William Downe and his brother, Samuel, a surgeon and partner in the Bridport Bank, sought to improve the access to the Hall by leasing two properties from the Burgesses of Bridport. Here they built Downe Street, with its terrace of Georgian houses. William Downe was a wharfinger and, following the death of his brother, a partner in the MANOR HOUSE, BEAMINSTER Manor House, Beaminster Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell visit a garden full of delights. Published in May ’11. The Indian proverb, ‘All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today’, is incised on a globe, in the Walled Garden at the Manor House,Beaminster.
KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Building the seawall and promenade in the 1930s. Professor Vernon-Harcourt found that the thirteen groynes built at Sandbanks between 1896 and 1898 were already in need of repairs and additions. He was able to make use of sea charts going back to 1785 and the results of ‘float experiments’ made in 1890 by John Elford, theBorough Surveyor
WHY I LOVE SHERBORNE: ‘THE QUINTESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOWN All of which explains why Sherborne, more than many market towns, is very much the centre of life for those in surrounding hamlets and villages. Sherborne's famous abbey is a magnet for tourists. With an array of art and literature events, the Sherborne Castle Country Fair and a thriving collection of societies, this seems to be a town whose THE LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL Purbeck’s worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman’s Magazine reported: ‘The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed onthe
POOLE AND ART DECO
The Old Town was not by its antiquity protected from change. At least two shop fronts remain worthy of note: that of Bennetts the Bakers, with its patterned leaded glass and the name of Bright (also a baker) set in mosaic in the entrance way, and, not far away but sadly recently altered, the café formerly known to many as the leather goods shop of Thorogoods. A MINUTE OF INTENSE DEVASTATION ‘It was a carefully planned, meticulously executed strategic raid carried out by pilots experienced in high-speed attacks. The Germans knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to do it as efficiently as possible,’ says Angela Beleznay, whose Southbourne home is under the flight path of the 26 Focke-Wulf 190s that crossed the Channel from their base at Caen to bomb Bournemouth in SUBSCRIBE | DORSET LIFE Subscribe. Every month Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine features: a five-page photo essay, Dorset’s fascinating history, beautiful walks, insights into Dorset’s villages, interviews and much more. THREE MILLS ON MY RIVER IT’S an ill wind that blows no-one any good, and the 2020 covid-19 lockdown certainly put Sturminster Newton’s ancient mill on the map. It missed out on its seasonal income from tourism, of course, but its short-term revival of commercial milling for Dorset outlets that were starved of their usual supplies captured the imaginations of mediaacross the world.
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Ashmore, mentioned in the Domesday Book as ‘Aisemere’ meaning ‘pool where the ash trees grow’ is at such a height above sea level that very little water is lost to evaporation, even in the hottest year, however in Edward William Watson’s 1859 publication Ashmore, Co. Dorset: a history of the parish with index to the registers, 1651 to 1820, he writes that on the rare occasions theTHE DORSET WALK
TOLPUDDLE is a pretty little village, well-kept and clearly proud of its history. It was home to the Tolpuddle Martyrs – six men who were tried and sentenced to deportation to Australia for forming a friendly society, a trade union, against the gradual lowering of agriculturalwages.
THE DORSET WALK 2: BATCOMBE AND HILFIELD This walk has some terrific views to the north and east, away into Somerset and Wiltshire, with the Mendips visible on a really clear day. Batcombe is a widely spread village with a scattering of farms but few residences and no village street as such. THE DORSET WALK: MIDDLEBERE AND WYTCH HEATHS The sheer variety of the Isle of Purbeck is one of its unending surprises and delights. Barely five miles as the crow flies from the forbidding rocky headlands of its coast is the completely different landscape of Middlebere Heath: flat, grassy and apparently benign. KEEPING THE SEA AT BAY Despite the inherent risk of building close to the shore or cliff edge, there seem to be few examples of properties actually being lost. However, a house built by a sea captain at Canford Cliffs in 1878 became known as Simpson’s Folly.MUDEFORD SANDBANK
Moving ahead some 100 years, the Sandbank had long since ceased to be used for commercial ship-building, but it was a place of beauty thatwas unrivalled for
STEEPLE | DORSET LIFE Steeple Clive Hannay draws and Rodney Legg writes about the charms of Purbeck's mini-village between the hills Published in March ’10. The neat cul-de-sac village of Steeple isTHE DORSET WALK
The Dorset walk — Wimborne St Giles, Monkton Up Wimborne and Gussage All Saints Matt Wilkinson and Pat Sheehan LRPS on Cranborne Chase. Published in April ’07DORSET LIFE
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