This extract of the Last Will and Testament of William Horsforde of Dorchester was first published in Genealogical gleanings in England By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, on behalf of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1885.
William Horsforde of Dorchester
May 21, 2009 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Dorchester, Dorset, William Horsforde
100 Years of Dorset Scouting
April 22, 2009 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorchester, Dorset, Poole, Portland, Weymouth
Mike Greenham of the Weymouth Scouts and John Gage of the Dorchester Scouts are also preparing to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the movement in Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester. Troops were formed in 1909 just two years after the first Scouting movement began at Brownsea island near Poole.
Read the full story in the Dorset Echo.
Dorset County Museum looking to expansion
April 16, 2009 at 4:00 am (Location)
Tags: Dorchester, Dorset, Museum
An award-winning Dorset County Museum’s new director, Jon Murden, hopes to develop parts of its High West Street, Dorchester site to make more of the collections open to the public.
Read the full story in the Dorset Echo.
Hailstorm hits West Dorset
December 29, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Abbotsbury, Dorchester, Dorset, Evershot, Maiden Newton, Sherborne
On June 16, 1870 a severe hailstorm swept across West Dorset. The storm was described by Philip H Newnham, Rector of Frome Vauchurch in a letter to the Editor of the Meteorological Magazine.
Romano-British Relics at Max Gate
December 10, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorchester, Max Gate, Thomas Hardy
The author, poet and architect, Thomas Hardy was a member of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. During the construction of his home at Max Gate, Dorchester some Romano-British Relics were uncovered. At the Dorchester meeting of the club in 1884 the following report was read. For reasons unknown the report was omitted from the proceedings of that year and was finally published in Volume XI, 1890.
Sir William Chapple, Judge (1677-1745)
October 3, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography)
Tags: Chapple, Dorchester, Upway
This brief biography is taken from ‘A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices’ by John Hutchinson and Published by Printed by Butterworth and Co. for the Honourable society of the Middle Temple in 1902
Dorchester, Dorset 1872
September 21, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorchester, Dorset, Maiden Castle
The following description and brief history of Dorchester, Dorset, England is taken from ‘Black’s Guide to Dorsetshire’ By Adam and Charles Black Published in 1872
Dorchester is the county-town of Dorsetshire, and a parliamentary borough, returning two representatives (R. B. Sheridan, Esq., and Captain Street).
Sir Robert Napier or Napper (c1632-1700)
September 19, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Dorchester, Melcombe Regis, Napier, Napper, Weymouth
This brief biography is taken from ‘A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices’ by John Hutchinson and Published by Printed by Butterworth and Co. for the Honourable society of the Middle Temple in 1902
Execution at Dorchester
August 21, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorchester, Evans, Fooks, Moule, Preedy, Stone
The following report on the public executions of murderers Charles Fookes and Alfred Preedy at Dorchester, Dorset, England appeared in the Times on March 28, 1863.
The Bankruptcy of Charles Shorto
August 7, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Dorchester, Dorset, Howard, Newman, Shorto, Stratton
Charles Shorto was a miller in the parish of Stratton, Dorset, England. As solicitor for Charles Shorto, Richard Nicholas Howard of Melcombe Regis, Dorset placed the following announcement in The London Gazette on November 21, 1876 under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
