by Anthony Harrison | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog
IAN GOSLING 17.7.2023 During the reign of Elizabeth 1 bands of strolling players performed in Dorchester. In 1607, four years after the succession of James 1, a group of players “Lord Berkeley’s Men” came to town to put on plays. The Town Corporation, which was...
by Anthony Harrison | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog
On Sunday 4th June the Civic Society provided a stand and a guided walk at this year’s Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair. Dressing-up in Victorian garb, the Chair and Vice Chair presented materials illustrating the contribution of Victorian architecture to the development...
by Anthony Harrison | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog
Ian Gosling, the Chairman of Dorchester Civic Society, has just discovered that a long over-looked bust of Queen Victoria in Dorchester Town Hall, in the Corn Exchange building, is an important work by the Victorian sculptor Joseph Durham. The marble bust is an...
by Anthony Harrison | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog
At the beginning of the 18th century only a few inhabitants of the town could afford to own a clock or pocket watch. Countrymen relied on the position of the sun to regulate their days and townsfolk checked the time using the few public clocks which existed. One of...
by Anthony Harrison | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog
Ian Gosling, Chair of DCS, was given the opportunity to visit the ground floor of the former Napper’s Almshouse which, until recently, was occupied by a restaurant. The building was erected in 1616, during the reign of James 1st, by Nathaniel Napper to implement the...
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