Sturminster Newton
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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.
Contributed by Liz Pearce
Dorset memories
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
Going to school
I well remember going to the Catholic church as between 1948 and 1954 I attended St Mary's Roman Catholic School. When I first went to the school it was the old school and in 1953 a new one was opened close to the church and we all thought it was great as we had inside toilets and everything was new. The Head mistess was Miss Read.
A memory of Marnhull contributed by Pamela Phillips
Evacuation to Hanford House in war time
My sister and I came to Hanford House with the Wimbledon High School at the beginning of the war. After a year the school returned and the owner of the house, Mrs. Lister, collected a small group of teachers and offered to keep on any children whose parents did not want their children in London. We stayed two further years during which time as well as receiving a surprisingly good education we enjoyed the country life, riding, walking and helping in the gardens. One term another school, Eversley, was billeted on us and several of us had to stay with people outside. It was quite a difficult period as they felt very superior to us, so we ...read more here
A memory of Child Okeford contributed by Barbara Thompson
Extracts From Sturminster Newton & Dorset books
Sturminster Newton was only ever a 'Minster' town in the sense that it was granted to Glastonbury Abbey by King Edmund Ironsides. Today it is a pleasing old market town on the banks of the River Stour.
An extract from from"Dorset Revisited 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".