The information in this blog was recently presented as a free talk at Dorset History Centre as part of From the Stacks, our free lunchtime talks programme. These occur monthly and let staff showcase one or two interesting documents from our collections. If you are in Dorchester on the last Wednesday of the month, why… Read more The Baker Nature Notebooks – part 1
Arne has always been a small village parish, recorded in 1894 to comprise of 2,668 acres plus 2,209 acres of water and foreshore. By 1932 little of the area had been developed as stated in the Poole and Dorset Herald article: ‘its principal features have remained untouched for centuries and have suffered none but geological… Read more From Wartime Decoy to Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
At Dorset History Centre we are fortunate to be able to work with a large cross-section of different groups. One of these groups is Cranborne Chase and Chalke Valley Landscape Partnership. In this blog, as part of Local and Community History Month, they explain a little more about what this partnership does… — In 2003… Read more Chase and Chalke Landscape Partnership: Connecting our Communities
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