Maiden Newton, High West Street 1906

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Photo of Maiden Newton, High West Street 1906

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Maiden Newton stands on the high road between Dorchester and Crewkerne, an old route connecting Dorset with Devon. Its old mill became a carpet factory in the 20th century. Many visitors climb Eggardon Hill to the Iron Age hill fort. Thomas Hardy used the ramparts as a setting in his novel 'The Trumpet Major'. Here we see the villagers enjoying a sunny day. The blinds are up over the shop windows.

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Riversdale House, Maiden Newton

I lived here as a child of nine in 1950-1. We rented it from the owner, the delightful Sylvia Townsend Warner, author, who lived there with her partner, Valentine Ackland. The house literally stands with one wall in the river Frome. Paintings which hung about the house by "John Crask" must have had a special significance for the couple. You could sit in the library and watch the rabbits on the ...see more