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.
