Merry Christmas from Dorset History Centre
— Everyone at Dorset History Centre wishes you a very Merry Christmas, and a peaceful New Year! We look forward to welcoming you to DHC in 2023! — —
John Fowles (Part 5)
This is the fifth and final part of our series of blogs looking into the life of the author John Fowles through the records we hold here at Dorset History Centre. In previous posts, we have introduced you to the author John Fowles, his interest in Mary Anning, his life in and around Lyme Regis, and… Read more John Fowles (Part 5)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
It’s that time of year when we’re all writing lists of some kind or another. Whether it’s scribbled on a piece of paper, typed on to a mobile phone or sent up the chimney there will be lists everywhere. There will be: – Christmas cards to send. What we want from Santa. What they want… Read more It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
It’s Behind You!
As the festive season gets underway we take a look at a most unique British art form, The Pantomime (oh no we don’t!) The pantomime began its golden age in the nineteenth century, but its origins can be traced back to the Italian tradition known as ‘Commedia dell’ Arte’, a type of travelling street theatre.… Read more It’s Behind You!
Icen Cottage – The Masters Family – Too Many John Masters!
This is the third blog on the history of Icen Cottage in Fordington. In our previous blog concerning Icen Cottage we mentioned a bundle of documents concerning the transfer of the Copyhold of a cottage and garden in Fordington known as Dolls Hole and later as Icen Cottage. In that blog we wrote about Ambrose… Read more Icen Cottage – The Masters Family – Too Many John Masters!
The Power of Partnership
How to explain November’s Remembrance events to children? Dorset History Centre is proud to be a long-standing member of the Cultural Hub for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and when we heard that schools were planning an art project to make hundreds of poppies with the ceramicist Maisie Jones, we felt we could add meaning to… Read more The Power of Partnership
John Fowles (Part 4)
In previous posts, we have introduced you to the author John Fowles, his interest in Mary Anning, and his life in and around Lyme Regis. In this, the fourth part of a five part series, volunteer Graham has looked further into Fowles’ interest in Lyme and the community… — Lyme Regis: places and people In… Read more John Fowles (Part 4)
Tell us what you think of Dorset History Centre!
Dorset History Centre (DHC) was constructed in 1991. Since then, it has provided an excellent, purpose-built home for the county’s archival and local studies resources – with records spanning well over 1000 years. The service manages a wealth of material in a wide variety of formats both physical and digital which provide evidence of our… Read more Tell us what you think of Dorset History Centre!
The Wild West Comes to Dorchester! (Part 3)
In two previous blogs we looked at the excitement surrounding Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Dorchester in 1904 before it arrived; and then how the day of the show unfolded. As seen in the previous two blogs the Dorset County Chronicle reported extensively on the show, detailing its arrival, the show itself and its… Read more The Wild West Comes to Dorchester! (Part 3)
Icen Cottage – The Earliest Documents
This is the second blog on the history of Icen Cottage in Fordington, looking at the earliest documents we hold concerning the cottage. If you have missed the first blog, giving an introduction to Icen Cottage, we’d recommend you give that a read first! In the collection of Andrews, Son and Huxtable Solicitors of Dorchester… Read more Icen Cottage – The Earliest Documents
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