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Gillingham photos

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Gillingham maps

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

Gillingham map

Historic map of Gillingham

Dorset map

Illustrated Victorian map of Dorset

Gillingham map

Historic Map of any Gillingham postcode

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Gillingham books

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Weymouth Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Bridport Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Gillingham books
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Memories of Gillingham

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Dorset memories

Stour Row

My family were friends of the Vowles who lived in Green Lane. We stayed with them in 1935, I have a photo of them and me as a baby. My memory is of staying with them in the war years and going to school in the village, I seem to remember carrying a plate  to school each day for my dinner.... [more]

Shared on 14 September 2009 by Ronald Dartnall.

Shaftesbury's bad reputation!

Shaftesbury's position high on a hilltop with only a meagre water supply meant that water had to be brought up to the town from wells at the bottom of the steep slopes, usually by horses and donkeys carrying barrels. Water sellers then went round the town's houses selling water by the bucketful. However, Shaftesbury's position at the crossroads of several main... [more]

Shared on 30 June 2008 by Julia Skinner.

Hovis Hill

This is the hill that appeared in the Hovis television adverts - supposedly in a northern town, but in reality in deepest Dorset! At the top it is about 700 feet above sea level. It is now the scene of the once a year Gold Hill Festival in July.

Shared on 08 June 2006 by John Buck.

In Loving Memory Of Ernest Cyril Langford

MEMORY PAGE TWO OF THREE

Continued from previous memory about Ernest Cyril Langford and Semley in Wiltshire:-

After returning from overseas, and while posted at Aldershot, Ernie met and dated Vicky Pearson, who was at that time serving in the A.T.S.  Ernie and Vicky married on 6th July 1946, and the newly-weds moved into Myrtle Cottage, Semley, where they... [more]

Shared on 06 February 2009 by Clive Langford.

Extracts From Gillingham & Dorset books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Gillingham, inspired by Frith photos.

Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories

Gillingham is Dorset's northernmost town - both Wiltshire and Somerset are within an easy walk. Not far away is Slaughter Gate, where King Edmund Ironside routed the retreating Danish army of King Canute.

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

Another view of the school buildings, seen from the opposite side. At this time, this site had only been occupied by the school for no more than a year.

This is an extract from Sherborne Photographic Memories.
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Sherborne Photographic Memories

Looking east, we see on the left the businesses of W Warr & Son, hairdressing and chiropody, and Pedley & White, drapers and outfitters. In the distance is Greenham's butchers. Next to this is Frisby's, a well-known shoe chain.

This is an extract from Sherborne Photographic Memories.
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