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Historic maps of Charmouth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Charmouth maps
Historic map of Charmouth
Illustrated Victorian map of Dorset
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Charmouth books
Displaying 3 of 11 books about Charmouth and the local area. View all Charmouth books
Weymouth Photographic Memories
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Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories
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Bridport Photographic Memories
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6 Charmouth photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Charmouth
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I was delighted to find this photograph as the Edward Archer Vince who owned the shop shown and mentionned in the text was my Great Great Grandfather and my Great Grandfather Frederick Harold Vince grew up here.....
Shared on 04 October 2007
Dorset memories
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
I was about 3 years old when the present Queen was crowned. Us children went up to the manor house where they held a party outside. I remember someone with a cine camera filming the event. I have always wondered what became of that film which almost certainly showed me enjoying the party. I lived at the village post office and... [more]
Shared on 04 May 2009
I remember the houses on the right as being very crooked! Presumably the land movement had shifted the foundations and cracked the walls, but both of them survived and were inhabited - the owners had repaired the damage without straightening the buildings, so they were really strange! As time passed the 'uphill' house was demolished, but the other one lasted longer.... [more]
Shared on 24 March 2009
The photo caption for this in the book states that there were girders and wires and mines on Lyme beach during the war. My father Gilbert Atterbury was Town Clerk from the mid thirties until the late fifties and fought the War Office to keep Lyme beach open as tourism was all it had. As far as I know it was... [more]
Shared on 22 January 2009
Extracts From Charmouth & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Charmouth, inspired by Frith photos.
Charmouth village stretches up the long hillside on the western side of the river Char. Few have described the scene as well as Jane Austen in 'Persuasion': 'Charmouth, with its high grounds and extensive sweeps of country, and, still more, its sweet retired bay, backed by dark cliffs, where fragments of low rock among the sands make it the happiest spot for watching the flow of... [more]
This is an extract from Dorset Coast Pocket Album.
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Lyme Regis Photographic Memories
We look north-westwards up The Street to the Coach and Horses Hotel (left centre), where the Victorian landlord was James Ingram. Charmouth House is further up the hill (centre). The shopkeeper Edward Archer Vince (centre right) ran the archetypal general store, and could claim to supply just about everything. The sign lists 'linen and woollens, clothing, hats, fancy articles, boots and shoes, groceries and ironmongery'.
This is an extract from Lyme Regis Photographic Memories.
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Charmouth was a notable settlement even in Saxon times when two Saxon kings, Egbert and Ethelwulf, fought the Danes nearby. A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.
This is an extract from Dorset Coast Pocket Album.
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