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 (D-G)
August 13, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Devenish, Dibben, Dorey, Dorset, Drake, Dunning, Ensor, Firret, Fooks, Foot, Galpin, Gillingham, Goddard, Guppy
The last public hanging in Dorset
December 18, 2007 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Brown, Dorchester, Guppy, Hutchings, Searle
Public executions were for centuries one of the most popular forms of entertainment in England and Dorchester as an assize town certainly witnessed its fair share. Lurid descriptions of these spectacles abound in the literature, with immense crowds of rich and poor alike jostling to obtain the best view-point, their mood varying according to their sympathies with the criminal.
