When Blandford Burnt

The Great Fire of Blandford in 1731 destroyed most of the town. Michael Le Bas looks back at the disaster and describes how the town rose ‘like the Phoenix from its Ashes’.

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A Blandford Institution

Deer Park Riding Stables has been a part of Blandford life for forty years. Tony Burton-Page tells its story.

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Blandford Forum, Dorset, 1831

A Description of the town of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England as described by Samuel Lewis in A Topographical Dictionary of England, Published in London in 1831. 

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