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Cranborne maps

Historic maps of Cranborne and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Cranborne maps

Cranborne map

Historic map of Cranborne

Dorset map

Illustrated Victorian map of Dorset

Cranborne map

Historic Map of any Cranborne postcode

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Cranborne books

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Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories
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$28

Dorset Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Dorset Villages Photographic Memories
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Cranborne books
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Memories of Cranborne

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The Village School

I was the Head Teacher of the Cranborne First School from 1974-1978. The school was situated just off the square. It was a delightful little school and I have happy memories of my time there with my two teachers: Mrs Barbara Bayes and Mrs Gawman (who succeeded me as Head). Lord Salisbury was the Chairman of our Governors and occasionally I... [more]

Shared on 11 May 2009 by Helena Rogers.

Cranborne 1938

I was living at Cranborne where my father was the police sergeant. At the time of a crisis, members of the government came to stay with Lord Cranborne at the manor.
The  matter of security arose and it was decided a policeman should be on duty at all times as he would notice any strangers. Around the same period the massive... [more]

Shared on 27 April 2008 by Painter Robert.

Cranborne in the early sixties

I lived in Cranborne for two years from November 1963. My father owned the shops at the far end of the terrace in this picture and the building immediately facing, although it was derelict at that time. My sister and I were enrolled in the local secondary school that had opened two months earlier.

Shared on 21 May 2007 by Gillian Graystone.

The shoe shop

I am only 23, but I remember the shoe shop very well, as it belonged to my grandfather Alex Adams, and had been in the family for many years.  And I do believe the child being walked up the road is my mum Linda Bright, nee Adams, and her gran, my great-gran Emma Adams.  She would have been 2-3 years old.... [more]

Shared on 23 February 2009 by Katy Bright.

Dorset memories

Sixpenny Handley, The Roe Buck Inn

My ancester Edward Dutch built and ran this hotel after the village fire in 1892
- as recorded in the censuses of the time. Take a look at my family history at www.thedutchfamily.co.uk/h_dutch.htm

Shared on 03 April 2009 by Andrew Dutch.

Alexander Charles Day

This photo is of my Grandfather, whom I have such lovely memories of. I understand that Grandad used to work with the heavy horses in the days before tractors, so for me this picture is a wonderful find. He was married to Gladys (nee Smith) who was not a local girl, originally a Londoner. They had 6 children, Edgar (Gary), who... [more]

Shared on 07 March 2009 by Nicola Day.

Coombes of Church Farm

I believe my Great Grandparents Annie and Maurice (Frank) Coombes lived and farmed at Church Farm during the 1920s.  My father Thomas (Aubrey) Coombes used to spend most of his school holidays there as a boy. This was a very happy time in his life. Long summers helping his grandfather and being spoilt by grandmother Annie.  

When they gave... [more]

Shared on 12 March 2008 by Hilary Coombes/aitchison.

Sister Enid Butler's Orphanage.

I was a child that lived at the 'Sister Butler's orphanage' in the early I960s.  This message is to anyone that was also at the orphanage at that time, particularly Alison Burbidge, as I have read her account stating that Alison would have been at the orphanage at the same time as me. I have a lot of memories of... [more]

Shared on 19 June 2009 by Mark Smith.

Extracts From Cranborne & Dorset books

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Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories

Cranborne lies at the heart of an ancient woodland chase; it is still relatively unspoiled. Once the headquarters of poaching gangs, Cranborne is now a peaceful venue for rambles and sightseeing.

This is an extract from Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Dorset Villages Photographic Memories

We are looking northwards towards the Square (centre), with 18th-century brick and tile houses on both sides of Wimborne Street. Behind the brick, however, the Fleur-de-Lis Hotel (right) dates from the 16th century. It is celebrated in an ode by war poet Rupert Brooke from 1910, in which he wishes he was there because he arrived after it had closed for the night, and had to book into... [more]

This is an extract from Dorset Villages Photographic Memories.
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Dorset Photographic Memories

Once at the heart of King John's hunting ground of Cranborne Chase, the village of Cranborne is rich in history. Its old manor house was a temporary refuge for Charles I at the height of the Civil War, and the parish church stands on the site of an important Saxon monastery.

This is an extract from Dorset Photographic Memories.
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