Winterbourn St. Martins

“Our Journal at Winterbourn St. Martins”: Introducing ‘Chota’ the Dog

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Returning to our exploration of a nineteenth-century diary, readers can find themselves back again navigating Berry and Helen’s experience of Victorian Winterbourne St. Martins. If you missed the introduction to our new series on this illustrated and handwritten Victorian journal, you can find it here. After an eventful entry into Winterbourn St. Martins as their… Read more “Our Journal at Winterbourn St. Martins”: Introducing ‘Chota’ the Dog

“Our Journal at Winterbourn St. Martins”: An Introduction

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Earlier this year, we came across a curious diary in our library here at Dorset History Centre. Written in 1872, Our Journal at Winterbourn St. Martins is a personal diary written by a Miss Berry Dallas during her visit to Dorset. Joined by her younger sister Helen, Berry stayed with Major Charles Clapcott and his… Read more “Our Journal at Winterbourn St. Martins”: An Introduction