Author Harry Poole spent most of his life farming around Eggardon Hill and is a fund of knowledge with regard to the history of Powerstock and it’s surrounding villages. Apart from the four Powerstock booklets he has written two novels and two plays, none of which have found a publisher. The booklets can however be read on-line. Powerstock, in this essay, comprises Nettlecombe, West Milton, North Poorton, Wytherstone, Mappercombe and Whetley.
Powerstock – A short social History
June 21, 2009 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Dorset, Mappercombe, Nettlecombe, North Poorton, Powerstock, West Milton, Whetley, Wytherstone
The Will of Mary Symes (1736)
December 4, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Bailey, Beaminster, Beer, Chichester, Courtenay, Darby, Dorset, Foster, Long Bredy, Loscombe, Moores, Powerstock, Symes, Wench, West Milton
Published in Volume 1 of Genealogical Gleanings in England 1888 this is an extract of the will of Mary Symes, now of Beamister, late of Poorstock [Powerstock], in the county of Dorset, widow, dated 7 June 1736, proved 17 November 1738.
The Bridport Railway
August 22, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Bridport, Great Western Railway, Maiden Newton, Powerstock, Toller Porcorum, West Bay
The Bridport Railway was a standard gauge branch line that operated in the county of Dorset in England. Starting at its junction with the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway line at Maiden Newton, the line ran to the town of Bridport and for a period on to West Bay, also known as Bridport Harbour.
