Maiden Newton, The Village 1906

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Photo of Maiden Newton, The Village 1906

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The arrival of the turnpike in 1778, linking Dorchester with Somerset, had a profound effect on this village. It was paralleled 79 years later with the opening of the Wiltshire, Somerset & Weymouth railway line, and its branch line from here to Bridport and West Bay. The building of the station in the central foreground, and the construction of the railway itself, provided a number of secure jobs for labourers at a time of agricultural depression.

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A Selection of Memories from Maiden Newton

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 Maiden Newton

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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