In Volume XXIII of the ‘Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club’ published in 1902, there appeared an obituary to the Late John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell Esq. of Whatcombe, who had been its president.
John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell (1817-1902)
November 14, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography)
Tags: Bosworth-Smith, Buckman, Kimmeridge, Mansel-Pleydell, Moule, Stuart-Gray, Walter, Whatcombe, Wood
Historic Clavell Tower reopens
August 31, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Clavell Tower, Dorset, Kimmeridge, Smedmore
An historic cliff top tower immortalised by authors Thomas Hardy and PD James has reopened after it was moved and rebuilt brick by brick to stop it falling into the sea. Clavell Tower was perched perilously close to the cliff edge at Kimmeridge Bay and was at risk because of coastal erosion.
