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Powerstock books (18 available)
- 2 photos on Powerstock appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Powerstock
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Dorset memories
Haywards of Loders
Wondering if anyone knows of Hayward family, buried in the churchyard surrounds, that farmed in the Loders area back to at least 1750 or further back. Any info for family tree welcome.
A memory of Loders contributed by Yoga-Prakash Saraswati
haywards of loders
John (1813) moved to Berkshire. Thomas (1787), Robert (1759) and John(1738) are all connected to Loders by being born, baptised, married and buried here, or in surrounding villages. Their ancestral home one might say. Still tracing them further via Dorset OPC and BT records. Collecting any photos related to these ancestors of mine and where they lived. Photos bring back happy memories and are good records of events.
A memory of Loders contributed by Yoga-Prakash Saraswati
Triggering memories.
We were clearing the last furniture from my mother's bungalow a few weeks ago. A heartbreaking task, having lost her in April. Behind the last set of drawers, on the floor, I found an old sepia photograph. It showed a group of children with some adults, outside a building which must have been a chapel or a school. From the clothes they wore, the photo would have been taken in the early 1920s.
Later, I searched the internet for clues, looking especially at the areas where my mother grew up - Salway Ash in particular. So I found the Francis Frith site.
There were no clues for Salway Ash, but I came to the Pymore site. One ...read more here
A memory of Pymore contributed by Veronica White
The Visitation Convent Bridport Dorset.
For unruly behaviour, I was delivered to boarding school at the age of 4, after enjoying wonderful times on a Devon farm. I was taken to the Convent by my parents in an Austin 7. I remember crying and staring at the red and yellow floor tiles while Mother Superior Sister Agnes Francis and my future form mistress, Sister Anne, promised punishment if I didn't stop. For high spirits, this turned out to be a long punishment, lasting until 1953.
The nuns ruled the boys with discipline that today would result in prosecution and school closure. After Mass, breakfast in winter was a sordid affair starting with a tablespoonful of Cod Liver Oil. If it made you vomit, you were very ...read more here
A memory of Bridport contributed by Rex Duffy
Extracts From Powerstock & Dorset books
Powerstock is said to have been a favourite residence of King Athelstan, who probably resided in the nearby earthwork called the Castle. Not far away is the mightier hillfort of Eggardon, one of the most impressive prehistoric monuments in England and a contender for the best viewpoint in Dorset.
An extract from from"Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories".
Once part of an ancient hunting forest and dominated by a castle, Powerstock huddles in its valley not far from the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon, in the heart of West Dorset. Powerstock is a good holiday place for the archaeologist, for apart from the hillfort, there are prehistoric barrows, Roman roads and Saxon settlements nearby.
An extract from from"Dorset Living Memories".
Up School Hill, northwards from Merriott, the sign of the Three Horseshoes can be seen in the distance. Brookview
is the house with Powerstock Primary School behind it (left of centre) and Sunnyside is further up the hill.
An extract from from"England in the 1880s Photographic Memories".
Close to the Top o’Town, Dorset’s most famous
son is commemorated in this life-size bronze
statue by Eric Kennington, set on a Portland
stone plinth. Unveiled by Sir James Barrie in
1931, the statue shows Hardy seated and
dressed for the country, wearing a jacket and
leather gaiters, with his hat on his knee. Around
the figure are plants and animals, symbolizing
Hardy’s love for his native countryside.
An extract from from"Dorchester Photographic Memories".
The river runs alongside the right
of the churchyard. The church
building includes parts of an
11th-century pre-Norman church,
with further additions being spread
over the next eight hundred years.
In the background is the war
memorial and several thatched
cottages . The church of St Mary
was recently damaged by flooding.
An extract from from"Dorchester Photographic Memories".