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Seatown, Dorset
Seatown maps
Historic maps of Seatown and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Seatown maps
Historic map of Seatown
Illustrated Victorian map of Dorset
Historic Map of any Seatown postcode
Seatown books
Displaying 3 of 11 books about Seatown and the local area. View all Seatown books
Weymouth Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
Poole and Sandbanks Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
Bridport Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
2 Seatown photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Seatown
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Dorset memories
My grandfather William Love was born at the cottage attached to the butcher and slaughterhouse at the foot of Love Lane. This Lane was named after his father (my great-grandfather). William Love worked at the Moore's bakery for 30 years. I have never lived in this area and would love to hear any memories anyone may have. My father was Howard... [more]
Shared on 01 April 2009
My dad was Cyril Henry Sprake, I have memories of travelling to Eype to see my gran, she was Day then. As grandad and uncle Robert died during the war, I am interested in knowing which of the local Sprake families was grandad's.
I too think of the area as my spiritual home, I have said to my family that I... [more]
Shared on 05 September 2008
My Mum, Nesta Smith (nee Sprake) was born in No. 3 Eype Cottages and lived there up until she married my Dad (Ron Smith) in July 1949. They met when he was stationed close by with the Royal Army Service Corp. They used to do their courting by the old phone box apparently! Dad proposed to Mum up at Golden Cap... [more]
Shared on 19 June 2006
My grandparents and visits to them
My grandparents William and Amelia Love lived in Ryall. My grandmother purchased the cottage they lived in on her marriage. They had three sons Wilfred, Howard and Edward. My father Howard died in 2007. I don't think the village has changed that much since I used to visit as a child when I used to play with... [more]
Shared on 21 April 2009
Extracts From Seatown & Dorset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Seatown, inspired by Frith photos.
Victorian and Edwardian Dorset Photographic Memories
This little group of cottages belonging to the fishermen whose boats are lined up on the foreshore, grew up around the declivity where the local stream, the Wynreford, after passing through Chideock, finally reaches the sea on this shingle beach. A fair used to be held here on Whit Monday and, from a cottage next to the local inn The Anchor, furmity (a sugar sweetened Dorset dish composed of wheat, raisins, and currants spiced with, often... [more]
This is an extract from Victorian and Edwardian Dorset Photographic Memories.
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Dorset Villages Photographic Memories
The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre). The view is westwards from East Cliff to Golden Cap, with Langdon Hill (top right) forming the inland horizon on what is now National Trust land.
This is an extract from Dorset Villages Photographic Memories.
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Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories
Golden Cap, 626ft high, is the biggest cliff on the southern coast of England. This great peak gives some shelter to the little village of Seatown - a tiny resort of cottages and caravans just down the road from Chideock.
This is an extract from Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories.
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