Kingston
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Kingston books (24 available)
Dorchester Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Bournemouth Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Weekends with the Jones
We used to vist Kim and Dave jones in Mappowder every weekend after we met them in Barbados in 1995. Great friends and good fun. Very special times.
A memory of Sturminster Newton contributed by Liz Pearce
Drakes of Hilton
For many generations the DRAKE family lived in the Hilton area. My gg grandfather was George DRAKE a Woodman. His son, Charles left the village and worked as a domestic coachman in the London area. My grandfather Ben, Charles' son, had three maiden cousins living in Hilton during WW2. My Uncle Kenneth had stayed with them in August 1944. During the war Fanny was the local bus driver, Julia the postmistress and Minnie a teacher. During a holiday in Dorset in 1968 my uncle had visited them again to show his sons where he had stayed. Fortunately he took a photo of Minnie and Fanny. Julia had died 1961 and was interned in Hilton Church burial ground. The other ...read more here
A memory of Hilton contributed by Ray Harrington-Vail
Melcombe Bingham
I am from this family - my grandmother was a Melcombe.
A memory of Melcombe Bingham contributed by miriam hemmons
Melcombe Bingham Chapel
For Kelly Bingham 28th Generation Bingham
A memory of Melcombe Bingham contributed by Kathleen Brooks
Extracts From Kingston & Dorset books
St James’ Church at Kingston, in effect the Scott family chapel of the Earls of Eldon from Encombe House, viewed looking
southwards from cottages in South Street. It was built by London architect George Edmund Street (1824-91, between 1874
and 1880, on a scale that equated with a cathedral when compared with the original St James’ Church on the other side of
the estate-owned village.
An extract from from"Swanage and Purbeck 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.
An extract from from"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.
An extract from from"Sherborne Photographic Memories".
In the 19th century,
this road was known
as Coldharbour Lane
and was built up as
the Avenue during the
Victorian and Edwardian
periods. Hill House, on
the left, was built for
the Reverend Arthur
Field in 1899. In 1978
the grounds were used
for building and the
development known as
Hill House Close was
born. At the ‘top’ end
of the Avenue stands
Quarry House, built
in 1924 for the writer
Littleton Powys, designed
by his architect brother
Albert Powys. The road
in the distance bends to
the left and emerges into Newland.
An extract from from"Sherborne Photographic Memories".
Until mid-Victorian times,
this part of the road,
known now as Greenhill,
had been called New
Well Hill. Here, we are
looking towards the
Green at the turn of the
century. This scene has
changed little over 100
years although it is never
this quiet today with
much traffic on the main A30.
An extract from from"Sherborne Photographic Memories".