In 1890, Henry Brougham Guppy. M.B. (Edin.), published his ‘Homes of Family Names in Great Britain’. This is part of his entry for the county of Dorset
Dorset Names (A-C)
August 12, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Bowditch, Brine, Budden, Bugg, Burt, Caines, Chilcott, Churchill, Dorset
The Oddities of Swanage
February 25, 2008 at 4:00 am (Location)
Tags: Burt, Mowlem, Swanage
Another extract from Charles Harper’s book ‘The Dorset Coast’published in 1905 where he describes some of the monumental oddities that have made there way to this seaside town in Dorset.
John Mowlem (1788-1868)
February 24, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography)
Tags: Burt, Freeman, Mowlem, Swanage
John Mowlem was born at Swanage, Dorset where he was baptised on November 9, 1788 the son of John & Hannah Mowlam, and worked in the stone quarries of the Isle of Purbeck with his father and three brothers.
