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Fontmell Magna, View From Church Tower c.1955
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We are looking south-eastwards across the centre of the village towards the Springhead home of environmental guru Rolf Gardiner and the hills of Cranborne Chase. The village hero of a century earlier was Philip Salkeld. In 1857, at the age of 27, he passed the match that fired the charge to blow up the Cashmere Gate in the Siege of Delhi. He knew he would die in the process. His sacrifice was unique in that he won the first Victoria Cross to be awarded posthumously. He is also remembered in the village for firing his carbine from the Rectory windows at the weather-vane on the maypole!

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A Selection of Memories from Fontmell Magna

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Fontmell Magna

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My great aunt Emilly Still lived in the bungalow in the background and we as children spent many happy summer holidays in Fontmell Magna. She and Tom (who I never knew) are buried in the church graveyard. I remember travelling from our home in Kent to Fontmell in the winter of 1963 during the worst snow storms in living memory to help my mother's aunt. If anyone reads this I would love to find out more about Tom and Emily. I have visited Fontmell in recent years to put flowers on the grave.
Fontmell Magna, the Crown Inn c1955
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