January 10, 2009 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorset, Gillingham, Porter
Dorset may be one of Britain’s most beautiful rural counties but three-quarters of its population of 700,000 live in towns. Now a new book by Gillingham-based author John Porter looks at the development of Dorset’s towns.
See the full details in the Daily Echo
September 27, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Dorset, Gillingham, Michell
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
September 15, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography, History)
Tags: Charborough, Dorset, Erle, Gillingham
A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices by John Hutchinson. Published by Printed [by Butterworth and Co.] for the Honourable society of the Middle Temple, 1902, gives brief biographical details for three member of this prominent Dorset family.
September 10, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorset, Gillingham
Gillingham Museum in Gillingham, Dorset, England celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year. Tony Burton-Page has been to see it.
Read the full article in Dorset Life
August 13, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Devenish, Dibben, Dorey, Dorset, Drake, Dunning, Ensor, Firret, Fooks, Foot, Galpin, Gillingham, Goddard, Guppy
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
