Herbert Weld never expected to inherit Lulworth Castle. When he did, he had to watch his inheritance go through many changes, including a disastrous fire. In this article from the Dorset Life Magazine Alan J Miller tells his story.
Line was built with German PoW labour
December 13, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Dorset, Lulworth, Osmington
Such was the enthusiasm for building railways at the turn of the twentieth century – ‘the Golden Age’ – that a branch was considered for Lulworth and Osmington on the Dorset coast.
Read the full story by Martin Lea in the Dorset Echo.
John (Bernard) Palmer (1782-1852)
March 5, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Charmouth, Lulworth, Palmer, Weld
John Palmer was born on 15 Oct. 1782, son of William Palmer, a small farmer in the parish of Charmouth, Dorset, and was bred a low churchman. In 1806 he came to London to seek employment, chanced to attend the services at the Roman Catholic Chapel in Warwick Street, Regent Street, read ‘The Garden of the Soul’ and was converted to Roman Catholicism.
