by Anthony Harrison | May 18, 2026 | Blog
By Ian Gosling, Chair of Dorchester Civic Society My online activity came to a halt at the end of last year because of issues with my right hand. I am recovering from the surgery to put it right and delighted to be able to pick up the pen once more! Having surveyed...
by Anthony Harrison | Jan 19, 2026 | Blog
DORCHESTER’S GHOST SIGNS By Ian Gosling, Dorchester Civic Society Chair 14.01.2025 Thoughts often turn to ghosts at this time of year. It is therefore very appropriate period to examine the ghost signs which still exist in Dorchester, and which have not yet...
by Anthony Harrison | Oct 7, 2025 | Blog
ARTISTS AND WRITERS HOMES II: JOHN MEADE FALKNER (1858-1932) IAN GOSLING , SEPTEMBER 2025 My last post mentioned that the novelist and poet John Meade Falkner was the brother of Anne Louise Falkner the painter. Time constraints prevented the inclusion of any further...
by Anthony Harrison | Oct 7, 2025 | Blog
HOMES OF WRITERS, COMPOSERS AND PAINTERS IN DORCHESTER Ian Gosling Chair of Dorchester Civic Society I have tried to locate the buildings in Dorchester and adjoining villages where significant writers, composers and artists were born, worked or died. It is likely that...
by Anthony Harrison | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
FROM RAILWAYS TO MUSEUMS (By Ian Gosling) Last month I concluded by showing how the arrival of the steam age and of the railways in Dorset sounded the death knell of long-distance travel by stagecoach from Dorchester. However, the revolution did not happen overnight...
by Anthony Harrison | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
TRACKS, ROADS, FORDS AND BRIDGES IN AND AROUND DORCHESTER (by Ian Gosling) Roman Durnovaria was serviced by a network of well-maintained long-distance roads built on proper foundations, surfaced with hard wearing materials, such as stones or flints, and drained by...
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