Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset
Whitchurch Canonicorum photos
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Whitchurch Canonicorum maps
Historic maps of Whitchurch Canonicorum and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Whitchurch Canonicorum maps
Whitchurch Canonicorum books
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My Dad
The church at Whitchurch is a lovely place to wander and muse. My father died out shooting at Mapperton when I was 11, and what a terrible shock it was.
What is nice for me now, 25 years later, is to still be able to walk down through the village past the 5 Bells pub, or over the... [more]
Shared on 21 September 2008
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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
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
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
I was about 3 years old when the present Queen was crowned. Us children went up to the manor house where they held a party outside. I remember someone with a cine camera filming the event. I have always wondered what became of that film which almost certainly showed me enjoying the party. I lived at the village post office and... [more]
Shared on 04 May 2009
I remember going to Lamberts Castle fair as a small child sometime around 1955. The fair was run by the Herbert family but they stopped running it sometime in the mid 1950s because it was not financially viable. I understand at one time the fair included horse racing and existed because of a royal charter.
Shared on 04 May 2009
I was delighted to find this photograph as the Edward Archer Vince who owned the shop shown and mentionned in the text was my Great Great Grandfather and my Great Grandfather Frederick Harold Vince grew up here.....
Shared on 04 October 2007
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
Extracts From Whitchurch Canonicorum & Dorset books
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Dorset Villages Photographic Memories
St Candida is generally known by her English name, St Wite. Only this church and Westminster Abbey have the honour of holding the relics of the saint to whom it is dedicated. St Wite was killed on an Anglo-Saxon mission to Germany. The churchyard also contains a Cold War martyr, the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov, who was assassinated by a ricin pellet as he walked across Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The view is eastwards from the junction beside Church House.
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Dorset Revisited Photographic Memories
Hidden away in the appropriately named Marshwood Vale is Whitchurch Canonicorum. It takes its name from the canons of Wells and Salisbury cathedrals, who shared its tithes from 1220.
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Lyme Regis Photographic Memories
These holiday caravans are sited behind Rivermead House. This was among the 'horror pictures' used by the land agent John Cripwell in order to encourage Lord Antrim and the council of the National Trust to buy two thousand of acres from Lyme Regis to Eype. Mobile homes between River Way and Bridge Road, on the west bank of the River Char, have also been targeted by... [more]
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