Okeford Fitzpaine, c.1960
Photo ref:
O117012
More about this scene
The village, seen from Okeford Hill with Piddles Wood beyond (left), was estate-owned until April 1966, when it was auctioned by Sturminster Newton estate agent Arthur Richards. The late owner, Captain George Pitt-Rivers of Hinton St Mary, left instructions for it to be sold in small lots so that individual tenants could acquire their homes. Many did so, such as 80-year-old Mr H G Garrett, who bought his three-bedroom thatched cottage for £1,500. Arthur Hilliar did even better with Drove Cottage and its two acres, which he secured for £800. Both received a round of applause.
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