Two Days Full

A Memory of Corfe Castle.

My husband and I were visiting the UK in 2019 and checking out areas ancestors had lived in. One of these was Corfe Castle, specifically Ower Farm.
When we arrived in Corfe we noticed the visitor center, went in and I asked if there was a historian present. The gal at the desk asked me why I wanted to know, so I pulled out my genealogy information and showed it to her. She became rather excited and asked if she could show it to the historian who then might be willing to set up an appointment to meet with her. I said yes and she disappeared up some steps. A few minutes later she came back with the historian who wanted to talk to me. She was excited by the family names and explained how they were stone cutters and quarry workers and then said, “Get in your car and follow me.” We followed her out of town and for several miles where she pulled over and unlocked a gate to show us a historic quarry. She explained all about the process etc, then sent us down the hill to Langton Matravers and the quarry museum. We spent time in the museum and then at the cemetery in town. Family names were Clarke, Edmonds and Chinchen.
The next day we searched out Ower Farm, where ancestors lived prior to immigrating to the US in 1849. We met lovely Billy Kinghorn and Sally and spent time with them at the farm and at a local pub that evening. It was a most memorable 2 days!

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