Tyneham

Cribb Sheet – Sarah Cribb’s apprenticeship in Tyneham

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It’s 1763 and if you’ll allow me some artistic license, and it’s going to be a sunny morning. Sarah Cribb, a girl who would be around fourteen years old, probably has not slept. She’s been indentured into a husbandry apprenticeship in Tyneham, from her home in Stoborough approximately six miles away. Whilst this was a… Read more Cribb Sheet – Sarah Cribb’s apprenticeship in Tyneham

13 Years Old and 14 Miles Out: Ann Gillett, the Husbandry Apprentice

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The history of Tyneham in the present tends to focus on its military turning point during the Second World War, when the villagers were evacuated in December 1943 by the military and were not allowed to return post-war. Even now, councils and associations as far as Portsmouth are in deliberations about how to restore the… Read more 13 Years Old and 14 Miles Out: Ann Gillett, the Husbandry Apprentice