This blog started when a recent enquiry led us to look further into the subject of intruder clergymen, who were appointed to Parishes, sometimes against the will of the congregations, at the end of the English Civil War to preach the more puritan form of worship the Cromwell wanted. They were often then forced out… Read more The Chaplyns of Wareham
This the fourth and final instalment of our blog series about the non-conformist Reverend James McClune Uffen and the journal he kept of his journey from Dorchester to New Zealand in 1911. If you have missed the tale so far, you can read part one, part two and part three to learn the full story… Read more Reverend Uffen’s Leaving Dorset (part 4)
Amongst the records of non-conformist churches held by Dorset History Centre you will find a collection of correspondence called the Carpenter Letters. In this collection you will find letters from many of the prominent social reformers, educators and abolitionists from the nineteenth century. The Reverend Russell Lant Carpenter was the minister of Bridport Unitarian Church from 1865-1887. He was the… Read more The Carpenter Letters
Recently, we received an email from a member of the public enquiring about an ancestor of theirs who was a non-conformist Reverend in Dorchester for some years, James McClune Uffen. We found some papers and a photograph within the Dorchester Congregational Church collection (NP.5), which included a fascinating journal detailing a journey he took from… Read more Reverend Uffen’s Leaving Dorset!
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