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Bishops Down maps
Historic maps of Bishops Down and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bishops Down maps
Bishops Down photos
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Leigh| Sherborne| Yetminster| Milborne Port| Hazelbury Bryan| Kingston| Bradford Abbas| Fifehead Neville| Melbury Osmond| Yenston| Evershot| Mudford| Melcombe Bingham
Bishops Down area books
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Memories of Bishops Down
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Dorset memories
Farmers of Dorset
My grandfather Cecil Brown was born in 1887 at Caundle Purse on Tripp Farm. His father was Albert Brown and his mother was Emma Sheppard, they were farmers all their lives in and around Barrow Hill, Stalbridge and Trent Farm.
Polegate Farm
I stayed at Polegate Farm in Caundle Marsh as a child. I have a photo of me with a little girl and a dog, on the back is written Phyllis Cooper. I have no idea of my connection but do remember the very happy time and new experience it was as a London child. I also remember connections with Sherborne, a nice looking man named Tom who drove a very smart car and would come up to London driving a lady who I understood was the headmistress of Sherborne school. I believe Tom had a wife named Muriel. I wonder if the farm still exists and who were the Coopers and how were they connected to my family. It is all along time ago.!!
Granny
in 1904 my granny then aged 10 lived at 49 Main Street, Longburton near Sherbourne. Her parents were a Harry Fry and Harriet Ann Fry, he was a farm worker. I live in Dorset but I can find no trace of no 49 Main Street, can anybody help me?
Leigh VC School
The village school was very small and later converted into a home, but I will always remember Mr Riley the headmaster, an ex-Policeman who drove a very flashy sportscar to school (Equipe- something on the badge?) The pupils were mainly farmers' sons and daughters and we did lots of crafts from cardboard. I remember seeing my first black person there, a student teacher from Guyana, who was very nice lady. I also remember a Mrs Hoskins and a Mrs Ball who gave me a Penny Farthing stamp on an envelope that I later lost unfortunately...probably worth a fortune today! There was also a wonderful man called Mr Goldsack who came in and taught us to grow vegetables in a little plot next to one of the buildings and it was a lot of fun. I left for secondary school in 1972 in Sherborne and I think the village school closed soon afterwards.
Family Connections.
The couple on the right pavement are my grandparents George Gray and his wife Elizabeth (nee Phippen) of Thornford.
The photo would have been taken on a Thursday because after his retirement they
always travelled to Sherborne on the once a week bus and would have been
walking back to Digby Road just before midday for the bus home. Date about right
as born 1887. He retired 1954/5.
Family Connections
The gentleman and lady standing on the corner outside the shop with the blind out are my uncle and aunt HAROLD and LILY PLYMPTON. Harold along with my aunt NORAH and my mother IRENE PLYMPTON, lived in Wootton Grove with their parents CHARLES and ANNETTE PLYMPTON. I visited my grandparents on numerous occasions from where we lived in Exeter.
Mary Dodge
Mary Dodge married Thomas Hayward 1808 in Sherborne. Trying to find residential address at that time. Might be Long Street.
Thomas Hayward, son of Robert, said to have farmed in nearby Loders and had business in Sherborne as well. Any info/photos welcome for family tree.
