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Bothenhampton maps
Historic maps of Bothenhampton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bothenhampton maps
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Bothenhampton books
Displaying 3 of 11 books about Bothenhampton and the local area. View all Bothenhampton books
Weymouth Photographic Memories
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Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories
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Bridport Photographic Memories
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£13
4 Bothenhampton photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Bothenhampton
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Dorset memories
Since my blog of 2007 concerning my time as a boarder at the Visitation Convent school 1942-1947, I have noted with interest that other former pupils (though not from the years I was there) have commented on their experiences of the place. Mostly, their memories are sad and bitter ones. It has made me think back again at my years there.... [more]
Shared on 07 October 2009
I was disturbed to read the Memory posted in early September from a contemporary about our common primary school, Bridport Visitation Convent. It was reprinted in the Bridport News of October 1st so needs to be balanced I feel. That gentleman clearly doesn't remember his time there with relish but I wonder why he didn't put his schooldays into the context... [more]
Shared on 03 October 2009
I was sent to the Visitation Convent at the age of 6 and was there for four terrible years. Like others who have written their memories of their time at the school, for me it was a very severe, cruel, harsh enviroment, devoid of any love or affection from the nuns. The punishments were frequent, for messing my pants or wetting... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
I was a boarder there for about a year aged about nine or ten in about 1957. It was the unhappiest period of my life before or since. I don’t recall a moment of kindness, sympathy, or humanity from any of the nuns. As a lonely rejected child I received nothing from them but harshness, punishments, and cruelty. And I was... [more]
Shared on 09 July 2009
Extracts From Bothenhampton & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bothenhampton, inspired by Frith photos.
Once a village in its own right, standing on the slopes above the River Bredy, Bothenhampton has now become a suburb of Bridport. It is best known for the beauty of the architecture of its two churches: the ancient building has been sympathetically restored, and the newer place of worship has four impressive stone arches which rise high above the congregation.
This is an extract from Dorset Coast Pocket Album.
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England in the 1880s Photographic Memories
Another of the surrounding parishes into which Bridport borough expanded, Bothenhampton lies to the south-east, with a deep-cut village street which has left a dense cluster of terraces standing on distinctive raised pavements. Eastwards, it becomes Long Lane and climbs into open countryside. Looking westwards along Main Street we can see the lych-gate (at the junction) of the 1889-built Holy Trinity church, replacing a medieval building... [more]
This is an extract from England in the 1880s Photographic Memories.
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Bridport Photographic Memories
Another of the surrounding parishes into which Bridport borough expanded, Bothenhampton lies to the south-east, with a deep-cut village street which has left a dense cluster of terraces standing on distinctive raised pavements. Eastwards, it becomes Long Lane and climbs into open countryside. Looking westwards along Main Street we can see the lych-gate (at the junction) of the 1889-built Holy Trinity church, replacing a medieval building... [more]
This is an extract from Bridport Photographic Memories.
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