East Lulworth, The Village 1904
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Ivy-covered Littlemore Cottage (left) stands beside the stream from Water Barrows; gritty heathstone- walled 17th-century Cockles Cottage is on the right. The other thatched cottages - numbers 18, 19 and 20 East Lulworth - span the next 200 years. Though this appears as a timeless rural backwater, it was a re- settlement area after the original village was cleared to make room for Lulworth Park. This concealed the first Roman Catholic church to be erected in England since the Reformation - it was disguised as a temple on instructions from George III.

Memories of East Lulworth, the Village 1904

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As a child I attended East Lulworth RC school. With my sister Mary  and a girl named Nancy Hargreaves, who lived at Lulworth Camp we were the only Protestants in the school, although Miss Belfield who was one of the teachers was also a Protestant. We went to the school because my mother had heard that Miss Yarnitsky was the best teacher in Dorset. She was a most talented teacher. Among other things, she played ...see more