by Anthony Harrison | Oct 7, 2024 | Events
Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, 7.30pm – to be followed by the Roman Baths Talk by Steve Wallis
by Anthony Harrison | Oct 7, 2024 | Events
Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, immediately after the Annual General Meeting which starts at 7.30pm Join us to hear from Steve Wallis, Senior Archeologist at Dorset County and local historian, on the story of the Roman Baths that lie under the Wollaston Field car park...
by Anthony Harrison | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
IN THE STEPS OF THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS Ian Gosling, Chair of Dorchester Civic Society The history of the Tolpuddle Martyrs is closely linked to the wider economic and political context. In the 1830s the English countryside was a theatre of agitation caused by a...
by Anthony Harrison | Sep 9, 2024 | Blog
THE ROYAL FAMILY AND DORCHESTER Ian Gosling, Chair of Dorchester Civic Society As far as I have been able to establish the first royal visitor to Dorchester was King John (1199-1216) who made frequent visits to the town between 1204 and 1214, where he resided in the...
by Anthony Harrison | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog
We have been asked on several occasions if any of the eighteenth-century houses in the centre of Dorchester were designed or built by the Bastard Brothers of Blandford Forum. Who were the Bastards? The Bastards’ firm was founded in the late 17th century by Thomas...
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