by Anthony Harrison | Sep 9, 2024 | Blog
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...
by Anthony Harrison | Jul 4, 2024 | Events, Uncategorized
Tickets still available if anyone missed the emails – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/924245532267/preview DORCHESTER CIVIC SOCIETY VISIT TO THE SHELL HOUSE AND SHERBORNE HOUSE ON THURSDAY 18THJULY 2024. We have organised this visit as a follow up to Stephan...
by Anthony Harrison | May 30, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized
In 1588 Phillip II, the King of Spain, arguably the sovereign of the most powerful nation in the world at that time, launched an armada of naval vessels and merchantmen against England, which was then a minor island state. England had renounced Catholicism and adopted...
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